With July 29th quickly approaching, I reflect on all the July 29 anniversaries that have come and gone to mark the day that the Hawaii Clipper disappeared over the Pacific ocean, While the ultimate question of how or why is still being asked, I wonder about the numbers of people doing the asking and how those…
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Memorial Day: ‘Just a Common Soldier’
Freedom Alliance supports our troops and their families through educational scholarships, recreational therapy, and activities that help injured heroes heal.
VE Day, Then and Now
May 8, 2015 Today marks the 70th anniversary to the end of World War II. What was VE Day? VE Day held on 8 May, 1945, celebrated the end of war in Europe The British government had been planning the celebration from late 1944. The code word ‘MOUSETRAP’ alerted ministers when VE Day was imminent…
BIG News… Coming Soon!
Greetings everyone! As we enter the month of May, it made me think back to another May in 1936 when the Hawaii Clipper was christened in the still waters of Pearl Harbor between Ford Island and Pearl City. My fellow traveler and filmmaker colleague, Jeff Riegel, and I visited that very spot last year and…
Super Typhoon Maysak Strikes Truk Lagoon
On March 31 at 0900 UTC (5 a.m. EDT), Super typhoon Maysak’s maximum sustained winds were near 140 knots (161.1 mph/ 259.3 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended 40 nautical miles (46 mile/74 km) from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extended 100 nautical miles (115 miles/185 km) from the center. Power has been intermittent in…
Goodbye to 2014
What a year! 2014 lived up to and even exceeded the expectations for how I, and many others, thought the year would play out. The good news of 2014 for me was that we finally solved the existence and location of the “concrete hospital slab.” The bad news is IF the passengers and crew of…
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”
December 7, 1941-2014 Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the bombing in Pearl Harbor and the beginning of World War II, “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s own words. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, stunned virtually everyone in the United States military. Japan’s…
Apra Harbor – Guam
Apra Harbor is a deep water port on the western side of the US territory of Guam. The southern end of the harbor is the location of Naval Base Guam and the site of where the massive China Clipper flying boats touched down and delivered their passengers and cargo. Today most of Apra Harbor is…
The ‘Search’ for Lost Clipper Videos
Have you missed one of our past video’s on The Lost Clipper project? Fear not! Sit back and catch-up on the search through a series of short videos created over the past few years… https://www.youtube.com/user/lostclipper
Socially, We Need A Favor…
Hello All– in an attempt to make sure all our subscribers and viewers get Lost Clipper updates in a timely fashion, we’d like to add YOU to our network of connected friends and colleagues. The easiest way to do this is for you to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW us so we can , in turn,…
Back in the USA
Hi everyone, It has been a couple of weeks since we have been back and I am still combing though video, photos and data we acquired. I know that some of you want a definitive answer on our search results but that will take much more time. The reason is that although we found “the”…
The Lost Clipper - The mission to bring 15 forgotten Americans home 