March 2, 2016, SAWDUST IN HER HAIR: 1943. "Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by a Department of Agriculture timber salvage saw mill. 18-year-old 'pit-woman' Norma Weber agrees with her sister that sawmill work is harder than working in a laundry, but isn't so tedious, and is easier on the nerves." John Collier, OWI.
October 3, 2013, PIT-WOMEN: 1943. "Ruth De Roche and Norma Webber, both 18." relaxing off duty, smoking cigarettes.
COMMENT: Norma Webber married and died Norma Seaver in 2010. She was raised in Concord and went to school there and lived a full life. She rode jet skis at age 80 and hiked Mount Major at 85.
COMMENT: The Hurricane of 1938 felled thousands of trees in New England. Timber salvage operations were kept busy for years cleaning up the mess and turning out lumber.
Of course, the war effort needed lots and lots of lumber.
--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.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Shorpy Photos of the Home Front: Child Care Center
From the Shorpy Photo website.
MARCH 3, 2016-- PANTRY PATROL: 1943. June 1943. New Britain, Connecticut: "A child care center opened September 15, 1942, for 30 children, ages 2 through 5, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days per week.
"Miss Machmer and the dietician checking the amount of food used during the month and making a general inventory of all supplies on hand." Gordon Parks, OWI
With the moms away working in vital war industries, it was necessary to have a place to care for their children. The war brought on a lot of child care centers.
Comments:
Junket Rennet powder for dessert. cans of Hurff tomato juice and Libby's Fruit Cocktail.
Junket was like the Brand-X dessert in place of Jell-O.
--GreGen
MARCH 3, 2016-- PANTRY PATROL: 1943. June 1943. New Britain, Connecticut: "A child care center opened September 15, 1942, for 30 children, ages 2 through 5, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days per week.
"Miss Machmer and the dietician checking the amount of food used during the month and making a general inventory of all supplies on hand." Gordon Parks, OWI
With the moms away working in vital war industries, it was necessary to have a place to care for their children. The war brought on a lot of child care centers.
Comments:
Junket Rennet powder for dessert. cans of Hurff tomato juice and Libby's Fruit Cocktail.
Junket was like the Brand-X dessert in place of Jell-O.
--GreGen
Death of Iowa Pearl Harbor Survivor Bob Ulrich (Only One Iowa Survivor Left)
From the February 28, 2016, Gazette (Iowa).
Bob Ulrich turned 18 just before Pearl Harbor was bombed. he and his brother George, who had just turned 20, were both on The USS California, but on opposite sides of the battleship. George had disappeared when the attack was over. His remains were found later and he was buried in Bakersfield, California.
In 2014, Bob Ulrich was one of only four-known Pearl Harbor survivors living in Iowa and the only one from eastern Iowa.
As of last week,Clarence Pfundheller of Audubon is the only Iowa resident from that day still alive.
During the attack, he had been in the Navy for three years and was on the USS Maryland.
--GreGen
Bob Ulrich turned 18 just before Pearl Harbor was bombed. he and his brother George, who had just turned 20, were both on The USS California, but on opposite sides of the battleship. George had disappeared when the attack was over. His remains were found later and he was buried in Bakersfield, California.
In 2014, Bob Ulrich was one of only four-known Pearl Harbor survivors living in Iowa and the only one from eastern Iowa.
As of last week,Clarence Pfundheller of Audubon is the only Iowa resident from that day still alive.
During the attack, he had been in the Navy for three years and was on the USS Maryland.
--GreGen
Thursday, March 10, 2016
USS Arizona Survivor Pushes for Recognition of Sailor Who Saved His Life-- Part 2
Several bombs hit the USS Arizona. The largest hit the starboard side and caused an explosion in the munitions cache. "It blew 110 foot of the bow of that ship clear back to the base of number two turret," said Don Stratton.
Badly burned, he and a group of men ran toward the rail on the port side where the USS Vestal was moored and "attracted the attention of a seaman on board (that ship) named Joe George, we found out later, he threw us a heaving line and tied the heavy end line on it and we pulled it across, tied it off on the Arizona and we preceded to go hand over hand across the line."
It was decades before he learned George's name. Ever since then, Don Stratton has tried to get George recognition for his heroism..
Joe George died in 1996. Mr. Stratton related, "The Captain and the Admiral received the Medal of Honor and the Captain of the Vestal received a Medal of Honor posthumously, so I don't understand the deal."
The Navy declined requests for recognition because of lack of documentation.
Mr. Stratton is currently involved with raising money to send the few remaining USS Arizona survivors to Pearl Harbor for the 75th anniversary later this year.
--GreGen
Badly burned, he and a group of men ran toward the rail on the port side where the USS Vestal was moored and "attracted the attention of a seaman on board (that ship) named Joe George, we found out later, he threw us a heaving line and tied the heavy end line on it and we pulled it across, tied it off on the Arizona and we preceded to go hand over hand across the line."
It was decades before he learned George's name. Ever since then, Don Stratton has tried to get George recognition for his heroism..
Joe George died in 1996. Mr. Stratton related, "The Captain and the Admiral received the Medal of Honor and the Captain of the Vestal received a Medal of Honor posthumously, so I don't understand the deal."
The Navy declined requests for recognition because of lack of documentation.
Mr. Stratton is currently involved with raising money to send the few remaining USS Arizona survivors to Pearl Harbor for the 75th anniversary later this year.
--GreGen
USS Arizona Survivor Pushes for Recognition of Sailor Who Saved His Life-- Part 1
From the Feb. 17, 2016, KOAA 5 by Andy Koen.
Don Stratton had just left the USS Arizona's mess hall and was bringing oranges to a buddy in sick bay. On the way there, he spotted a group of sailors in the bow of the ship staring and pointing at the horizon. Then they saw the first plane clearly and when the rising sun on its tail became clear, they knew they were in for it.
Everyone ran to their battle stations. He recalled, "We were being strafed and dive bombed and high altitude bombers were bombing us."
Mr. Stratton's battle station was at the sight of an anti-aircraft gun high above the deck. he remembers his shells falling short of those high altitude bombers.
--GreGen
Don Stratton had just left the USS Arizona's mess hall and was bringing oranges to a buddy in sick bay. On the way there, he spotted a group of sailors in the bow of the ship staring and pointing at the horizon. Then they saw the first plane clearly and when the rising sun on its tail became clear, they knew they were in for it.
Everyone ran to their battle stations. He recalled, "We were being strafed and dive bombed and high altitude bombers were bombing us."
Mr. Stratton's battle station was at the sight of an anti-aircraft gun high above the deck. he remembers his shells falling short of those high altitude bombers.
--GreGen
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Vernon Luke of USS Oklahoma to be Reburied in Hawaii
From KRQE News 13 "Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified, be reburied" by AP.
Machinist's Mate 1st Class Vernon Luke of Green Bay, Wisconsin, 43, died Dec. 7, 1941 on the USS Oklahoma. He was among the 400 sailors and Marines from the battleship buried as unknowns. Their remains were recovered after many months in the water making identification with existing technology impossible.
All were exhumed last year and attempts made to identify them with advance forensic science and technology will be used.
Vernon Luke is the first to be reburied.
--GreGen
Machinist's Mate 1st Class Vernon Luke of Green Bay, Wisconsin, 43, died Dec. 7, 1941 on the USS Oklahoma. He was among the 400 sailors and Marines from the battleship buried as unknowns. Their remains were recovered after many months in the water making identification with existing technology impossible.
All were exhumed last year and attempts made to identify them with advance forensic science and technology will be used.
Vernon Luke is the first to be reburied.
--GreGen
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Closure for Survivors of Wisconsin Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor on USS Oklahoma
From the March 3, 2016, WXOW, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
Petty Officer First Class Vernon Luke of Green Bay died on the USS Oklahoma. His body was found, but never identified until now, some 75 years later. His remains were buried in Hawaii.
He will now have a proper burial.
Six weeks ago, the Navy notified his oldest survivor, niece Lee Ann Michalske, that he had been identified. Next week he will be buried with full military honors in Hawaii.
The Navy will fly her to Hawaii for the ceremony to attend her uncle's funeral.
--GreGen
Petty Officer First Class Vernon Luke of Green Bay died on the USS Oklahoma. His body was found, but never identified until now, some 75 years later. His remains were buried in Hawaii.
He will now have a proper burial.
Six weeks ago, the Navy notified his oldest survivor, niece Lee Ann Michalske, that he had been identified. Next week he will be buried with full military honors in Hawaii.
The Navy will fly her to Hawaii for the ceremony to attend her uncle's funeral.
--GreGen
Artifacts of the USS Nevada Given to Nevada State Museum in 1946
From the March 3, 2016, Nevada Appeal "Past Pages for Thursday, March 3, 2016."
70 YEARS AGO
"Other items from the USS Nevada, according to Judge Clark J. Guild, chairman of the board of directors of the state museum, include a silver service, bell, nameplate of the USS Nevada, a magnesium chest and a plaque bearing the names of the captains who commanded the ship.
"The chest was made by the Basic Magnesium Plant near Las Vegas in 1944."
The USS Nevada was about to be decommissioned and used in the atomic tests.
--GreGen
70 YEARS AGO
"Other items from the USS Nevada, according to Judge Clark J. Guild, chairman of the board of directors of the state museum, include a silver service, bell, nameplate of the USS Nevada, a magnesium chest and a plaque bearing the names of the captains who commanded the ship.
"The chest was made by the Basic Magnesium Plant near Las Vegas in 1944."
The USS Nevada was about to be decommissioned and used in the atomic tests.
--GreGen
Monday, March 7, 2016
Battery Osgood-Farley, Fort MacArthur, Cal.-- Part 3: Some More on General Osgood
From the 40th Annual reunion of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy, June 10, 1909.
Henry Brown Osgood was the great-great grandson of American Revolution's Bunker Hill hero Israel Putnam. At the age of 18, enlisted in the 27th Maine on September 30, 1862 and was commissioned second lieutenant and promoted to first lieutenant on December 15.
Their 9-month term of service was up during Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania and 312 officers and men, including Lt. Osgood, volunteered to remain in service and were given Medals of Honor for it.
He was appointed to the USMA September 1, 1863 and graduated June 17, 1867 and became a career Army officer. During the Spanish-American War, he was sent to Cuba, but saw no action.
His son, Winchester Dana Osgood had been killed in Cuba before the U.S. got involved while leading Cuban insurgent field artillery against the Spanish at Guaiimara.
--GreGen
Henry Brown Osgood was the great-great grandson of American Revolution's Bunker Hill hero Israel Putnam. At the age of 18, enlisted in the 27th Maine on September 30, 1862 and was commissioned second lieutenant and promoted to first lieutenant on December 15.
Their 9-month term of service was up during Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania and 312 officers and men, including Lt. Osgood, volunteered to remain in service and were given Medals of Honor for it.
He was appointed to the USMA September 1, 1863 and graduated June 17, 1867 and became a career Army officer. During the Spanish-American War, he was sent to Cuba, but saw no action.
His son, Winchester Dana Osgood had been killed in Cuba before the U.S. got involved while leading Cuban insurgent field artillery against the Spanish at Guaiimara.
--GreGen
Battery Osgood-Farley, Fort MacArthur, California-- Part 2: Member 27th Maine During Civil War
The museum at Fort MacArthur was established in 1985.
Battery Osgood was named for Brigadier General Henry Brown Osgood Jr (1843-1909). He was a member of the 27th Maine during the Civil War. In July 1863, with the approaching Battle of Gettysburg approaching, and nearing the end of their enlistment, 312 members of the 26th volunteered to stay and protect Washington, D.C.. For this, 299 members were awarded the new Congressional Medal of Honor.
In 1916 Congress was tasked with reviewing the Medals of Honor and determined their awarding for this action was not justified and rescinded all of them, including Osgood's.
Henry Osgood was later appointed to the USMA by President Lincoln and graduated with the Class of 1867.
He served the rest of his career with the U.S. Army and is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Stephentown, New York.
--GreGen
Battery Osgood was named for Brigadier General Henry Brown Osgood Jr (1843-1909). He was a member of the 27th Maine during the Civil War. In July 1863, with the approaching Battle of Gettysburg approaching, and nearing the end of their enlistment, 312 members of the 26th volunteered to stay and protect Washington, D.C.. For this, 299 members were awarded the new Congressional Medal of Honor.
In 1916 Congress was tasked with reviewing the Medals of Honor and determined their awarding for this action was not justified and rescinded all of them, including Osgood's.
Henry Osgood was later appointed to the USMA by President Lincoln and graduated with the Class of 1867.
He served the rest of his career with the U.S. Army and is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Stephentown, New York.
--GreGen
Battery Osgood-Farley at Fort MacArthur, California-- Part 1: 14-Inch Guns
From the Fort MacArthur Museum site.
Battery Osgood-Farley was built 1916-1919 and was a two-gun emplacement. Each gun operated as a separate tactical battery which is why the battery had two names.
The ordnance were 14-inch disappearing guns. They were called disappearing because they could be lowered out of line of fire to load and then raised to fire. Each was capable of firing a 1560 pound projectile up to 14 miles. The guns never fired in war, but did fire for practice, but rarely with a full charge because of damage to surround civilian windows (and subsequent complaints).
During its time as a battery, Battery Osgood fired 116 times and Battery Farley 120.
These guns were considered obsolete by the 1920s and replaced by new ordnance in the mid-1940s.
During World War II, the batteries were partly used for a radio station and fire control switchboard.
--GreGen
Battery Osgood-Farley was built 1916-1919 and was a two-gun emplacement. Each gun operated as a separate tactical battery which is why the battery had two names.
The ordnance were 14-inch disappearing guns. They were called disappearing because they could be lowered out of line of fire to load and then raised to fire. Each was capable of firing a 1560 pound projectile up to 14 miles. The guns never fired in war, but did fire for practice, but rarely with a full charge because of damage to surround civilian windows (and subsequent complaints).
During its time as a battery, Battery Osgood fired 116 times and Battery Farley 120.
These guns were considered obsolete by the 1920s and replaced by new ordnance in the mid-1940s.
During World War II, the batteries were partly used for a radio station and fire control switchboard.
--GreGen
California's Fort MacArthur-- Part 2: U.S. Coastal Defense 1900s
One component of Fort MacArthur is Battery Osgood-Farley which is considered one of the best preserved examples of U.S. Coastal Defense emplacements remaining. Another such emplacement at the fort is Battery John Bartow and Saxton.
The Fort MacArthur Military Museum is at the site of Battery Osgood-Farley.
The museum opened in 1985.
--GreGen
The Fort MacArthur Military Museum is at the site of Battery Osgood-Farley.
The museum opened in 1985.
--GreGen
Friday, March 4, 2016
California's Fort MacArthur-- Part 1: To Protect Los Angeles
From Wikipedia.
I had never heard of Fort MacArthur before, which I wrote about in the previous post, so had to look it up and research further. The fort was an Army installation located at San Pedro, California. A small section of it is still used by the U.S. Air Force for housing and administration. It was named in honor of Lt. general Arthur MacArthur, the father of Douglas MacArthur.
In 1888, President Grover Cleveland designated it for protection of the growing Port of Los Angeles. Construction started in 1914 and it served as a training area during World War I. The first large gun batteries were constructed in 1917.
However, test firing of the massive 14-inch guns proved extremely unpopular with the fort's civilian neighbors and caused quite a few broken windows.
By the end of World War II, the large guns were being removed and were completely gone by 1948.
--GreGen
I had never heard of Fort MacArthur before, which I wrote about in the previous post, so had to look it up and research further. The fort was an Army installation located at San Pedro, California. A small section of it is still used by the U.S. Air Force for housing and administration. It was named in honor of Lt. general Arthur MacArthur, the father of Douglas MacArthur.
In 1888, President Grover Cleveland designated it for protection of the growing Port of Los Angeles. Construction started in 1914 and it served as a training area during World War I. The first large gun batteries were constructed in 1917.
However, test firing of the massive 14-inch guns proved extremely unpopular with the fort's civilian neighbors and caused quite a few broken windows.
By the end of World War II, the large guns were being removed and were completely gone by 1948.
--GreGen
"The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942" Recreated at Fort MacArthur
From the March 1, 1942, LA Times by Sebastien Basset.
The event took place Feb. 20 at Fort MacArthur Museum in San Pedro where the annual event and fundraiser was held.
Back on the night of Feb. 24-25, 1942, unidentified flying object(s) were spotted around Los Angeles, setting off a panic because of paranoia of a Japanese attack on the mainland so soon after Pearl Harbor. The Los Angeles area contained many vital military factories.
Fort MacArthur was the site of a former coastal defense artillery battery.
The event featured Big Band music, singers, dancers and, as darkness fell, air raid sirens blared, a wartime blackout followed, searchlights lit the sky and then a fireworks show recreated that night. Military re-enactors scrambled to their posts and there was the sound of machine gun and artillery fire coming from a vintage tank on the property.
Hope They raised Som,e Needed Funds. It Sounded Like a Real Good Time. --GreGen
The event took place Feb. 20 at Fort MacArthur Museum in San Pedro where the annual event and fundraiser was held.
Back on the night of Feb. 24-25, 1942, unidentified flying object(s) were spotted around Los Angeles, setting off a panic because of paranoia of a Japanese attack on the mainland so soon after Pearl Harbor. The Los Angeles area contained many vital military factories.
Fort MacArthur was the site of a former coastal defense artillery battery.
The event featured Big Band music, singers, dancers and, as darkness fell, air raid sirens blared, a wartime blackout followed, searchlights lit the sky and then a fireworks show recreated that night. Military re-enactors scrambled to their posts and there was the sound of machine gun and artillery fire coming from a vintage tank on the property.
Hope They raised Som,e Needed Funds. It Sounded Like a Real Good Time. --GreGen
Thursday, March 3, 2016
SS Red Oak Victory Gets New Berth in California
From the March 1, 2016, Contra Times (Cal.) "Historic World War II Cargo Ship to land in new resting place in Port of Richmond" by Sarah Tan.
The SS Red Oak Victory is moving to basin 5.
Riggers Loft Wine Co. wanted the ship's relocation so its customers have a better view of the bay.
The Red Oak Victory was built in Richmond and is one of the last surviving ships built at the Kaiser Richmond shipyards during the war.
--GreGen
The SS Red Oak Victory is moving to basin 5.
Riggers Loft Wine Co. wanted the ship's relocation so its customers have a better view of the bay.
The Red Oak Victory was built in Richmond and is one of the last surviving ships built at the Kaiser Richmond shipyards during the war.
--GreGen
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Looking Back: Famous War Correspondent Comes to DeKalb
From the Feb. 24, 2016, MidWeek (DeKalb, Illinois) Looking Back.
From 1941, 75 years ago. The United States was not yet in World War II, but moving toward it back in February, 75 years ago. This from the MidWeek: "One of the outstanding entertainments of the entire year is being planned for DeKalb residents on March 24 when Leland Stowe, veteran correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, makes his initial appearance at the Teachers College auditorium."
The Teachers College would be Northern Illinois University today and the auditorium would be in Altgeld Hall.
I looked up Leand Stowe and he was quite an interesting war correspondent.
--GreGen
From 1941, 75 years ago. The United States was not yet in World War II, but moving toward it back in February, 75 years ago. This from the MidWeek: "One of the outstanding entertainments of the entire year is being planned for DeKalb residents on March 24 when Leland Stowe, veteran correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, makes his initial appearance at the Teachers College auditorium."
The Teachers College would be Northern Illinois University today and the auditorium would be in Altgeld Hall.
I looked up Leand Stowe and he was quite an interesting war correspondent.
--GreGen
The Kassel Mission-- Part 5: Overcame Reluctance
Ira Weinstein was reluctant to go to Germany with the others, but did. he came back with a different point of view. They saw the memorial near Bad Hersfeld. Linda Alice Dewey said that Weinstein "was dumbfounded over the welcome he received from Walter Hassenpflug, a boy who had witnessed the falling men and planes that day, and other Germans he met when he was there. Their open-hearted friendliness amazed him."
The Kassel Mission-- Part 4: Held By German Air Force
Ira Weinstein was taken to Stalag Luft I, manned by members of the German air force who were too old for battle field duty. They felt a kinship with American airmen and conditions were far better than at most POW camps
After being liberated by the Soviet Army at the end of the war, Weinstein returned home and traveled the country visiting the crew members of his B-24 who didn't survive.Linda Dewey said that the war experiences never left him, "He had terrible survivor's guilt and would often break into tears when he spoke...."
Mr. Weinstein received honors, including a Purple Heart and the distinguished French Croix de Guerre for his wartime service.
After the war, he went to work for Schram Advertising and then bought the company in 1945. It was considered a pioneer in the direct mail and business-to-business fields.
He designed the logo for the Kassel Mission Historical Society and sat on its board for twenty years. Some veterans of the mission, including Dewey's father, the late William R. Dewey, returned to Germany and organized projects with their former enemies.
--GreGen
After being liberated by the Soviet Army at the end of the war, Weinstein returned home and traveled the country visiting the crew members of his B-24 who didn't survive.Linda Dewey said that the war experiences never left him, "He had terrible survivor's guilt and would often break into tears when he spoke...."
Mr. Weinstein received honors, including a Purple Heart and the distinguished French Croix de Guerre for his wartime service.
After the war, he went to work for Schram Advertising and then bought the company in 1945. It was considered a pioneer in the direct mail and business-to-business fields.
He designed the logo for the Kassel Mission Historical Society and sat on its board for twenty years. Some veterans of the mission, including Dewey's father, the late William R. Dewey, returned to Germany and organized projects with their former enemies.
--GreGen
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
The Kassel Mission-- Part 3: Huge American Losses, But Mr. Weinstein Survived Because of a Village Mayor
And, until this obituary for Ira Weinstein, 96, who died on January 24, 2016, I had never heard of it before.
Born and raidsed in Chicago, he attended Crane Technical High School and began his advertising career with Goldblatt's before joining the U.S. Army Air Forces.
Mr. Weinstein had already flown two dozen missions before the Kassel Mission. Four planes had to abort the mission. Of the ones that continued, 25 crashed in Germany, two crash-landed in occupied France, one crashed in Belgium, two made it back across the English Channel but made forced landings on an emergency strip, one crashed near the base and four made it back to the base.Anti-aircraft fire forced Weinstein to bail out and on his way down, he saw the pilot of his plane being killed by farmers with a pitchfork.
He was taken into custody, but the village mayor heard him speaking Yiddish and realized he'd be surely killed if turned over to the Nazi secret police.
The mayor said: "I'll have to deliver you to a Luftwaffe base before the SS discovers you are here. Those SS men do not take Jews prisoners. They kill them."
I was wondering about Mr. Weinstein having that name his incarceration by the Nazis would have been bad.
--GreGen
Born and raidsed in Chicago, he attended Crane Technical High School and began his advertising career with Goldblatt's before joining the U.S. Army Air Forces.
Mr. Weinstein had already flown two dozen missions before the Kassel Mission. Four planes had to abort the mission. Of the ones that continued, 25 crashed in Germany, two crash-landed in occupied France, one crashed in Belgium, two made it back across the English Channel but made forced landings on an emergency strip, one crashed near the base and four made it back to the base.Anti-aircraft fire forced Weinstein to bail out and on his way down, he saw the pilot of his plane being killed by farmers with a pitchfork.
He was taken into custody, but the village mayor heard him speaking Yiddish and realized he'd be surely killed if turned over to the Nazi secret police.
The mayor said: "I'll have to deliver you to a Luftwaffe base before the SS discovers you are here. Those SS men do not take Jews prisoners. They kill them."
I was wondering about Mr. Weinstein having that name his incarceration by the Nazis would have been bad.
--GreGen
Deaths: Ira Weinstein-- Took Part in Kassel Mission-- Part 2: "Nobody Knew"
After the war Ira Weinstein ran his own advertising business, Schram Advertising, for 40 years. It is nowknown as Temkin & Temkin.
But he was always involved with keeping the mission in World War II out there in the public.
According to Linda Alice Dewey, president of the Kassel Mission Historical Society, which her father and Weinstein helped found in 1989: "These men wanted the world to know that this happened, that it was a tragedy of great proportions, and that the world has]d a right to know. It was the worst loss for a single group flying from one airfield in a single day's battle. -- ever. No other group lost more men and machines in one day than they did. And, that's what hurt -- nobody knew."
--GreGen
But he was always involved with keeping the mission in World War II out there in the public.
According to Linda Alice Dewey, president of the Kassel Mission Historical Society, which her father and Weinstein helped found in 1989: "These men wanted the world to know that this happened, that it was a tragedy of great proportions, and that the world has]d a right to know. It was the worst loss for a single group flying from one airfield in a single day's battle. -- ever. No other group lost more men and machines in one day than they did. And, that's what hurt -- nobody knew."
--GreGen
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