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Tin Can Sailors publication and volunteer opportunities.....

10/28/2020

 
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Hey folks, if you have a yen for research and would like to help out a worthy organization, here's your chance! WW1, WW2, Korea, Viet Nam or other destroyer service interested people are very welcome to help out. And if you live close to any of the destroyer museum ships and are handy they always welcome the extra help in maintaining the museum ships. Give it some thought and then contact the good people at Tin Can Sailors. 

To learn more about the organization click here: TCS

TCS is also looking for new members. Every dollar spent helps to keep these museums running so people like us who have an interest in learning about the history can visit them. TCS is also launching a new and improved website in the next few weeks. Their efforts will also include a YouTube channel with digitized 16 mm Navy films from WW2! This in particular is most exciting to me, as I hope to see either Strong or some of the other ships from Desron 21 represented in the Solomon Islands. Keeping my fingers crossed!

So become a member of TCS and help with the research. 

-Tammi

Status update on Strong Prroject

10/27/2020

 
Well, unfortunately there's not much to tell. The RV Petrel and their crew had hoped to be able to get me to the Solomon Islands to place the plaque some time in the near future. With it now back in Scotland and the crew suspended, this possibility looks slim. I am however, NOT GIVING UP. Let's just say I have some oars still in the water and have been talking with persons who may offer an alternative plan to get me and the plaque to the Kula Gulf. COVID makes this difficult, but I don't think it's impossible. Others agree, and I will keep everyone posted on any progress made. 

I've also made a new friend in WW2 historian, researcher and author Donna Esposito. We had a wonderful hour and 45 minute Skype conversation and she was most helpful in giving me some ideas and people to pursue. Her website is very informative and has a number of film presentations. Check her out: Donna Esposito WW2

Everyone take care, WEAR A MASK and be a survivor. We still have much to look forward to!

​Tammi

Alexander Bonnyman induction into Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame

10/7/2020

 
Back in September of 2018 I wrote about a book by Clay Bonnyman Evans, "Bones of My Grandfather" Alexander died in the Battle of Tarawa and Clay was present when members of History Flight recovered his remains. Read about it by clicking the link on the right for September 2018. Clay recently posted the following on Facebook:

I'm honored to announce that my grandfather, First Lt. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman, Jr., will be inducted into the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame in November. Though raised in Tennessee, he was born in Atlanta and spent his first six years there. 

How wonderful for the family and for the memory of his grandfather!  To learn more about this honor or to nominate a family member who served from Georgia, click here: Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame

-Tammi

    Tammi Johnson

    Welcome to the blog!  I'm a life long Kentuckian with a degree in Anthropology, thus a nice background in research, thanks to some great profs at the University of Kentucky.  Family and historical research are what float my boat, and this project has been the heart of it for a very long time now.  I welcome input and ideas for blog entries, so if you have something to contribute I'll happily post it. 

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