I've been going through some of my stockpiled articles and found three World War II notables died during the week ending May 30, 2010, so will write about them now.
JOHN FINN, 100
Retired Navy officer who was the oldest living Medal of Honor winner. He was also the last-living Medal of Honor winner to get one for action at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. May 27, 2010.
DOROTHY KAMENSHEK, 84
Star first-baseman/woman for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who inspired the Geena Davis character in the 1992 movie "A League of Their Own." May 17, 2010.
WALKER "BUD" MAHURIN, 91
Legendary Air Force flying ace who logged 24 aerial victories in World War II and the Korean War. May 11, 2010.
From the May 30, 2010, Chicago Tribune "Deaths in the News."
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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