From the Jan. 14, 2013, Chiocago Sun-Times "William J. Cullerton, Chicago's top flying ace of World War II, dies at 89" by Maureen O'Donnell.
At one time during the war, Mr. Cullerton was downed behind enemy lines and shot by German soldiers at point-blank range. He survived. The Allies found him hiding under a bridge bear Feachtwangen and were not sure if he was an American or German soldier pretending he was an American flyer. The Americans asked him who the "Slendid Splinter" was and Cullerton correctly identified him as Ted Williams, the famed Boston Red Sox player.
After the war, he became host of the WGN radio program "Great Outdoors Show."
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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