From the New orleans Times-Picayune.
** The Raiders were supposed to land in unoccupied Chinese territory, but because the launch took place farther away, they ran out of fuel and crash landed.
** Three of the Raiders captured by the Japanese were executed, including Robert Hite's pilot and gunner.
** Hite spent 38 of his 40 months captivity in solitary confinement.
--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.
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