This story is just fantastic. Please watch this video. I am so impressed with the story, and I'm sure you will be too. Thanks for the video, Ray Repasky!

An entire crew of a B-29 (12 aviators) was rescued by a US submarine after their plane was shot down in 1944/45 70 miles off the coast of Japan. The entire rescue was filmed in color video but then sat in a guy's closet until now. This is a story from a Denver TV station of one of those rescued aviators to whom the video was delivered. It also shows their transfer to another submarine that is likely headed back to port before the one that accomplished the rescue.

 

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...id=672454611001

A note from John to everyone:

I have been getting accustomed to getting a letter or two back every time I send out a letter to the Seahorses. This time, even though it is Christmas it happened again. Henry Grissell is no longer with us. You might remember him as the fellow who drove up from Florida in a huge SRV, a friendly but quiet fellow. May he rest in peace.

 

36 Engineers are rugged......John Fallon II. Capt. USA Ret.

My condolences to the family of another RUGGED 36th Combat Engineer. RIP!

Militaria dealer with a lot of WWII items including some unit history bookletsthis page has the wwii booklets. The "For Sale" tab at the top opens the list of all categories.

Bullfrog Valley Militaria

a website on the FBI from Iceland. there is a box at the bottom right of the page to select a language if it does come up in english.

[url=http://www.fbi.is/index.php/um-fbiis]http://www.fbi.is/index.php/um-fbiis[/url]

Hi everyone! just wanted to introduce myself to the community!

My name is Tim, and i am the grandson of Richard Hensel, a member of the 36th engineers (http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/engforum/index.php?showtopic=3946&mode=linearplus). I was always intrigued by his stories of the war, including for anyone that had met him, his famous messerschmitt story that he told all!

One of his stories that he had told was how he became into possesion what became his deer hunting rifle. i was lucky enough to have been passed along this firearm, and seeing that he was really proud of it, i have been trying to track down some info on his travels so add to what i know of its history! According to what i remember of his stories, after they had liberated anzio, his engineering group was then put on the mission to chase after the redoubt. He ended up "liberating" (as he put it ) this firearm from one of the castles that he and his fellow troops had come accross as they had chased after the reboubt in the alps. He had sent it home piece by piece, and often spoke of the "mannlicher" but i never put 2 and 2 together until coming into possesion of this. This firearm is a Mannlicher-Schoenauer M1900(and made in the 1900's), which at the time was a gun that would have only been owned by someone of money or power, supporting the story he had told.

So in addition to just learning more about general history of his group I was hoping to learn the possible path of his travels to try to determine which castle he may have found this firearm, so I might be able to complete the history of this firearm that he was so proud of.

Thanks to all (especially Marion) for this site and the info that people provide! it is always amazing as you learn more and more of what the veterens went through and did, how they came back and were still loving parents / grandparents!