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.

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Funeral of Britain's Sir Tom Moore

Feb. 27, 2021, CTV News "Second World War plane flyby marks Capt. Tom Moore's  funeral" AP.

Church bells rang  and a Second World War II-era plane flew over Saturday's service to honor Captain Tom Moore who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's  health workers by walking laps in his backyard.

Soldiers  performed ceremonial duties for Moore, who died Feb. 2 at age 100  after testing positive for COVID-19

The service was small, attended by just eight members of his immediate family.  But soldiers carried the coffin and fired a gun salute while a  C-47  Dakota Transport plane flew past.

Moore served during the war in India, Burma and  Sumatra.

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in a socially distant ceremony at Windsor Castle.

--GreGen

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