Robinson Crusoe has looked at his sundial and determined that a whole solar day has passed and so is able to announce a winner.
Planemike,
I suppose it could be the very rare four-engined Fairchild Packet with the planing hull, but Asturias has it.
Emily, the “Sunderland-san” at Makin Island.
There’s certainly a lot of military history associated with an island I had never heard of before.
Besides Asturias’ links above, this one is interesting:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/u...t-carrier.html
Doris Miller was working as a mess attendant on the battleship West Virginia the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. An alarm sounded, and as the ship drew heavy fire, Mr. Miller raced to assist the West Virginia’s fatally wounded commanding officer. He also fired a machine gun against enemy planes.
For his bravery and “distinguished devotion to duty” that day, Mr. Miller was awarded the prestigious Navy Cross, the second-highest military decoration, in 1942, making him the first African-American to receive the medal.
He was killed at Makin Island, when the USS Liscome Bay was torpedoed.
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