SGT Harold A. Spatz, Doolittle Raider, Engineer – Gunner – Plane 16, Seat of Honor, Row B Seat 4 By Janice A. Nielsen Harold Althouse “Skinny” Spatz was born on 14 July 1921 in Lebo, Kansas. He was the son of Robert Althouse Spatz and Gladys Antrim Spatz. Harold had one older brother, Robert J. Spatz, and one […]
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Nine thousand miles from Redlands, Iwo Jima is a tiny island, about ten miles square. As we approach it from the air it looks like a pork chop, and you can see smoke and steam, still escaping its volcanic black sands. The Japanese call the island Iwo To, which means ‘Sulphur Island’. As you step […]
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During the 2008 trip to Iwo Jima several of us were lucky enough to meet the only surviving Japanese Iwo Jima war widow who is fit enough to travel to the island, 92 year old Mrs. Teruko Abe. When she heard me speak Japanese she happily shoved a bag into my hands. She explained she […]
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