FAMILY’S HARD WORK PAYS OFF WITH BOMBER’S DISCOVERY
SECOND LIEUTENANT THOMAS V. KELLY JR., newly 21, tried to sound optimistic in a letter he sent home from the South Pacific on February 1, 1944. “If we are lucky we might get home by
The Eruption Of Mount Hood
The motor launch tied up at the small-boat pier in Seeadler Harbor in New Guinea to disembark a dozen men from the ammunition carrier USS Mount Hood. The date was November 10, 1944. Led by the ship’s communications officer, Lieutenant Lester Hull Wal
