At about 11:00 a plane piloted by Wilber Gwinn (Angel) flying at 9000 was having issues with a new long range antenna that trailed out the tail of the plane . . AGAIN. He went back to crank it in and spotted an oil slick, probably from a Jap sub and since they were submarine hunters, "open the bombay doors" and they dropped to 3000 feet.
Then . . wait . . what are those in the water, men? Going lower he spotted men and then more men, perhaps 30? He followed the slick and kept counting more and more men, 130 was the count now but there were no ships that had sank recently.
He circled and was trying to call Peleliu but with no functioning long range antenna nothing was getting through and he was low on fuel. He dropped a ink marker and circled as long as he could.
Meanwhile another plane at 9000 feet. a patrol bomber, saw the marker and then spotted Gwynn, also thinking it was a Jap sub. Gwynn said there were men in the water but unknown origin.
A message was sent
THIRTY SURVIVORS SIGHTED SEND ASSISTANCE
In Peleliu the message was received but being bored the radio operator decoded it himself instead of taking the normal 4-5 hours to officially decode.
Earlier - the control officer at Philippine Sea Frontier noticed the Indianapolis had not arrived yet and sent a message to the plotting section "erase the Indy from the board".
5 hours later the message came back - NO "Men in the water".
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| Survivors 2013. Mel in red. Ed Harrell back right and seems to be Mike Pence having a photo op. |
In Leyte the surface operations officer noting the Indy should have arrived 3 days ago. Frontier commander learned "men in the water" and he too upon looking noticed the Indy was not there either and sent a message.
INDIANAPOLIS HAS NOT ARRIVED LEYTE X ADVISE
That got every bodies attention all around the Pacific. The thought was that Indianapolis had never actually left port and contacted Guam.
No - the Indy was not there. Perhaps Indianapolis was out on training?
NO, not training,
A simple message was sent to Admiral McCormick
HAS INDIANAPOLIS REPORTED TO YOU
McCormick's reply
NEGATIVE
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I'm reading this book and literally have tears of excitement in my eyes that I need to wipe away .
DJ and I have always felt we lived separate yet curiously alike lives. One strange thing among many is that Mel was rescued by a PBY Catalina which is the exact plane my dad flew search and rescue in WWII. So so many similarities. Her dad and mom were born 7 years apart, same with mom and dad. We both have entrepreneur brothers 7 years older. I'm 7 years older then DJ, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
When I took Mel to a Madison Mallards game where he was honored, about the 7th inning and old guy came up to Mel. He said he was in Leyte and the crew of his ship were all wondering about the Indy and to a man they KNEW something was wrong but nobody would listen. Nothing could sink the Indy.
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Ten Million is what it takes to make you heart tick faster . . . . is what I have always thought but what Phil Mickelson said about his upcoming one on one 18 holes against Tiger Woods on or near Thanksgiving.
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In Columbus news - The Clock tower is missing hands - Did Darvin take them? NO - he didn't and that is not even funny (well, sort of). The clock is being repaired as some 125 year old piece broke. They just don't make them like they used to.
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GOLF - had an interesting round where I hit a fellow player in the balls with a line drive - I should have yell TWO!
Par three - instead of the CORRECT club that always comes up short I decided to go 20 yards OVER the green and NOT in the swamp this time. Of course I popped it up and it went halfway. So I drop my ball in the drop zone and duff it to 1 foot from a pot bunker, then into the bunker, then into the same bunker and then again into the same bunker.
What do you do when you are REALLY pissed off? You take an anger swing and the ball FLY'S out hitting Tony in the . .well . . you know but the ball ends near the the hole. I should have done that the first time. I took an 8 on a par 3 and bought Tony a beer since he will no longer have children.
HOWEVER - on the 9th hole I hit my 3rd shot on a par 5 and it lands literally 2 inch's from a deep deep bunker. SHIT!
I stand in the bunker as best as I can and the ball is now eye level. It's not even a baseball swing I can take. I have no clue what the ball will do once it hits the club face and I still have 20 yards to go. Club faces are not made to hit a ball in this way.
I swing and the ball ends up 1 foot from the hole. PAR
Ended with a 49 with an 8 on a par 3. Hit 6 fairways again. My new swing is awesome. I flattened out out that puts my hips in play instead of all arms and falling back.
For balderdash - 6 bogies, 1 par, 1 double and a 1 blow up.
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You know - I used to like Rudy Giuliani. I thought during 911 he was outstanding. And now - as someone who has a real writing career said
“Hey, when did Montgomery Burns become a real person, and why is he having an entire conversation with himself like he’s hearing voices?”
Yea - now he is as incoherent as Trump and HE IS HIS LAWYER.
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Does anybody watch Salvation? it's getting pretty good reviews even in it's second season. MIGHT have to watch it.
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I had to laugh when I saw that Melania Trump only watch's CNN and there was a BIG fight on Air Force One because the RULE is ONLY FOX. Those two will be separated when Trump quits the White House or goes to jail.
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Late blog today because as part of the senior Center Committee we are now LIVE on the TV in City Hall. Riveting entertainment for sure.
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| Gus - trapped in the bedroom by big Iggy last year |
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WEATHER - Should Gus the Weather Dog have his own account on Facebook?
Heat index 94 Saturday and 90 Sunday cooling off. Next Thursday for the BIG day. 18 holes and a Brewer game looking like 83 and thunderstorms starting about 1:00.
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