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WWII VETERAN WROTE ONE HELL OF AN OBITUARY FOR HIMSELF



Jack Holden, a distinguished WWII veteran and Marine fighter pilot, didn’t hold back any punches when he wrote his own obituary. Here it is thanks to The Daily Mail:

John E. Holden, alias Jack, took the Deep Six, Monday, May 27, 2013 at the Willow Valley Retirement Community after a life filled with endless laughter and debauchery. While flying his beloved Corsair as a Marine Fighter Pilot during WWII, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his combat activities, the Air Medal for action in Okinawa in 1945 and the Distinguished Fleeing Cross for avoiding numerous women who were seeking child support under unproven circumstances.

After WWII he spent eight years with the Armstrong Cork Company and resigned with the title of Assistant Director of Advertising plus a dinky pension. He then joined the Hubley Toy Company and later became an independent toy designer.

He was a longstanding member of the Lancaster Country Club, the Hamilton Club and the International Mickey Mouse Club from which he was immediately banned after providing housing for a number stray cats.

For many years prior to his demise, he wrote a tongue in cheek publication at *Willow Valley called “The Wrinkle Valley News” where he had close to a thousand readers whom he referred to as “The Inmates of Wrinkle Valley.” They fully enjoyed his creative humor and his intention to help them make unwise decisions in their *hectic lives.

Jack was widowed ten years ago after sixty-one years of marriage to Elaine Ewing Holden. He has had a number of other wives recently, none of which were his. Three daughters, Holly, Wendy and Anne Holden and a son, John E. Holden, Jr. have managed to survive despite being related to their father. His last words were “I’m really going to miss myself.”

Stay tuned for the “Gone Away” party to which the invitation may never come. In all seriousness, in lieu of flowers, please send *donations to Honor Flight, 300 E. Auburn Avenue, Springfield, OH 45505 or http://www.*honorflight.org.

Jack Holden wrote this obituary several years ago.

Does anyone have any leads on where I could get my wife a ride in a DC-3?
Preferably somewhere in North America.
Thanks in advance

Probably pricey cause you gotta get there and all, but... http://www.buffaloairways.com/index.php?page=passenger-service

Call around to your local GA airport managers, dollars to doughnuts they will know where a Gooney Bird hangs out. You might be surprised about how common DC-3s still are.

Interesting..
http://news.yahoo.com/german-wwii-bomber-raised-english-channel-190130182.html

German WWII bomber raised from English Channel
LONDON (AP) — A British museum on Monday successfully recovered a German bomber that had been shot down over the English Channel during World War II.

The aircraft, nicknamed the Luftwaffe's "flying pencil" because of its narrow fuselage, came down off the coast of Kent county in southeastern England more than 70 years ago during the Battle of Britain.

The rusty and damaged plane was lifted from depths of the channel with cables and is believed to be the most intact example of the German Dornier Do 17 bomber that has ever been found.

"It has been lifted and is now safely on the barge and in one piece," said RAF Museum spokesman Ajay Srivastava. The bomber will be towed into port Tuesday, he added.

A few fragments of the plane dropped off as it was being lifted, but officials said divers will retrieve them later.

The museum had been trying to raise the relic for a few weeks, but the operation was delayed by strong winds and choppy waters.

In 2008, divers discovered the aircraft submerged in 50 feet (15 meters) of water.

Experts say the bomber is remarkably undamaged despite the passage of time.

Museum officials plan to conserve the relic and put it on exhibition next to the wreck of a British Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft that also was shot down during the battle.

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^^^ Quite a bit euphemistic language used in that article.
"It has been lifted and is now safely on the barge and in one piece,"
Next paragraph - "A few fragments of the plane dropped off as it was being lifted,"
Later - "Experts say the bomber is remarkably undamaged"

Still cool.

In titusville fl (right at cape canaveral) we have a military version of the dc3 (c47) tha flew normandy (among many other significant battles/places). We do paid flights several times a month over the wetlands, beaches, nasa etc.

I live about 5 miles from there, you can take a tour of the boneyard through the Pima Air and Space museum, just make sure you make reservations in advance. (Just don't call it the boneyard to the guys that work there...)


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Dornier DO-17 being raised from Channel
http://www.click2houston.com/news/w...sea/-/1735978/20510992/-/pvikjpz/-/index.html

I was looking for ANC test software for the cell phone but couldn't seem to find what I wanted. Some were 75$. Want one that you examples of questions examples of questions and answers, test prep. Suggestions?

anc???

That plane looks in rough shape for there to be much of anything salvageable. I suppose you can restore any plane even if all you have is the data plate.

If it looks rough now just wait a little bit. It was under sea water with very low oxygen. Now that its exposed to the other main culprit in order make it pixie dust...

If they really wanted to try and salvage wouldn't some sort of ship like the Glomar explorer be better? You pull into into the salt water hold and slowly replace the water with fresh water and infuse the fresh water without any ambient air getting to it it - before exposing it to air. That would only be $5+ million....

There's been some success making WWII planes air worthy after being pulled from fresh water lakes (Lake Michigan comes to mind).

One of "our planes" was pushed by unknowns into salt water and left overnight. It was torn down and "re-done" (I thought all too quickly). I declined to fly it after that re-build. Didn't matter really, it was totaled a few weeks later crashing onto a glacier in a white out...

Autocorrect got me

A&P test study apps. Have seen someone show me one, but have not been able to find what looks like it. They said it was $5 per test (gen, airframe, powerplant).

Hmmmmm......obviously there is a definition of "remarkably undamaged" that I am not aware of.

Its been so long since I have interviewed for a job. Do you send a followup email anymore? I would have to look up the people I interviewed with. Was never given their emails. waddaya think?

shows extra effort. worth it. you should ask for a card or an address before you conclude your interview. F/U note- short sweet, to the point, why you should have the job.

If you are filling out engine log books, remember to put all the details of the disks and aircraft details of when the engine / power section was removed.
Thought my oppo was better than that.
Grrrrr

Yeah, yeah, say what you will about the "glory" guys in the P-51's. P-47's Spits etc. The "Bird Dog" driver had the guts! No way of fighting back...'cept his
1911!

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"Experts plan to spray the wings and fuselage with water and a combination of citric acid and sodium hydroxide in an attempt to halt corrosion."