Singapore Salutes Lincoln Strike Group

Sea Power, Apr 2005 by Atkinson, Peter E

* Navy League Councils heard riveting, first-hand experiences of survivors and eyewitnesses to two of World War IPs most tragic events at recent meetings. In late January, the Carson City, Nev., Council, hosted retired Army Air Corps Maj. Ralph Levenberg, who survived the Bataan Death March as a prisoner of war on the Philippines in 1942. Levenberg ended up being held prisoner by the Japanese for nearly four years, yet he later went on to serve with the 27th Fighter Wing during the Korean War.

In December, The Greater Kansas City Council hosted Dorinda Nicholson, author of "Pearl Harbor Child" and "Pearl Harbor Warriors." Nicholson, who now resides in Kansas City, was a child living within sight of the U.S. Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when it was attacked by Japan on Dec. 7, 1941. So close was her family's home to the harbor that Nicholson recalled being able to see torpedo bomber pilots in their open canopies as they flew in for attack.

By PETER E. ATKINSON, Deputy Editor

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