North Sea Rescue
Splasher Six Volume 32, Spring 2001, No. 1 Cindy Goodman, Editor “We were alerted early for a trip to Stuttgart on the morning of 24 September 43,” former bombardier Theodore Don recalls. It was a day that would cost the life of three of Don’s crewmates, and could easily have cost the 100th the entire […]
Behind The Wire
Splasher Six Volume 29, Spring 1998, No. 1 Cindy Goodman, Editor When Rev. Murry Hanson sent in the TAPS notice for his father Palmer Hanson, He included this POW story. I thought it fitting that this be the first in the series Behind the Wire. Any and all POW experiences are welcome for this new series. The […]
WARSAW! The Uprising and the Anniversary
Splasher Six Volume 35, Winter 2004, No. 4 Cindy Goodman, Editor Sixty years ago a group of people took a stand. Desperate and defiant, the people held on and held out from August 1 to October 2, 1944 in an unprecedented uprising. September 18, 1944 bombers appeared over head and dropped canisters of supplies. The […]
Six Came Home
By Merton Wilch Splasher Six Volume 35, Winter 2004, No. 4 Cindy Goodman, Editor My five brothers and I grew up on a farm in the lean years. My dad could not promise anything, but we all went into the service, got good educations and good jobs with pensions. Before being drafted two of my […]
Following My Brother’s Path
By Ken Heath Splasher Six Volume 36, Winter 2005, No. 4 Cindy Goodman, Editor Close This Window My brother, William (Bill) J. Heath, was born on March 21, 1922 at home on my parent’s homestead in the timbered hills about 5 miles above Locke, Washington. That general area today is used by the Air Force […]
The Queen Shows Her Stuff
Co-Pilot Charles S. Bayha and Navigator Charles A. Benyunes recall a mission where their ship, Lucky Lassie (A/C 43-39005), proved to them that she was the “Queen of the Sky.” The mission was to Kaisel, Germany on 18 Oct 44. It was the fourth mission for this crew, piloted by Jean (Jack) V. DePlanque. Lucky […]
Hamburg – Last Big Battle
Paul Zak’s interesting story in the Fall 2003 Splasher Six called “Hamburg Remembrance, December 31, 1944” caught my eye since that was the mission when I was shot down. I have done research on the mission since WWII and thought perhaps a few more details might be of interest to readers. Among my sources, Roger […]
The Terrible Termite Himself!
In the fall of 2002 I decided to research a B-17 crew from the 100th Bomb Group. I went on line and read all I could about the John Ryan crew. In doing my research I was directed to Bill Terminello by group historian Mike Faley. Bill had been a pathfinder with the 100th. He […]
Return to Thorpe Abbotts
By Leonard Rosenfeld Splasher Six Volume 35, Winter 2004, No. 4 Cindy Goodman, Editor Last May, while still mourning for my wife, Adele, who died in December, I fulfilled a dream deferred during her illness, by returning to the UK with my daughter, Paula Schram. It didn’t take but one day after arrival in London […]
Margraten Kids of the 100th
by Adrian Caldwell Splasher Six, Spring 2006, Vol. 37, No. 1 Cindy Goodman, Editor October 2005 in Pittsburgh, PA was a reunion of famous “Greatest Generationers” but also a reunion of three “Second Generationers” with a common bond to the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, Holland. Adrian Caldwell, daughter of S/Sgt. Leroy E. […]