From the May 4, 2011, Charleston, SC, 4 ABC.
World War II "Hump Pilots" held what might be their last reunion in Charleston back then when five men between the ages of 89-91 met in the city.One was Tex Rankin and another was Bill Thomas, 91, of Charleston.
In the 1940s, they flew support missions over the Himalayas (the Hump) between India and China.
Their first reunion was in 1946 in Detroit, Michigan.
The reason for disbanding, of course, is age and death.
The Greatest Generation. --GreGen
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment