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.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Doolittle Raider Tom Griffin Dies, 98-- Part 2

Of the Raiders, eight were captured and three executed.  A fourth died in captivity.

After rescue, he returned to planes and saw action in North Africa where he was shot down and spent nearly two years in a German prison camp.

His death comes less than two months before the final Doolittle Reunion in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, April 17-21.  He took part in last year's 70th Anniversary Reunion at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

A goblet with his name on it will be turned upside-down this April at a private ceremony at the reunion. 

What a Life Mr. Griffin Led.  --GreGen

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