Posted on 04/18/2018 10:06:04 AM PDT by C19fan
Microsoft co-founder's mission to locate sunken warships in the South Pacific has chalked up another victory with the discovery of the USS Helena nearly 75 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in the waters off the Solomon Islands.
Paul Allen's team searches for the ships to 'bring the history back into a relevant conversation,' said Janet Greenlee, a spokeswoman for Allen's Vulcan Inc. 'He wants to honor those that have served and are serving.'
The wreckage of the Helena was found on March 23, about a half mile below the surface of the New Georgia Sound. The team identified the light cruiser by the number 50 on its side and by comparing the wreck to the USS Helena's schematics.
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My FIL was on her when she sunk.
Now, if he could just find the Governor of Montana.
Iron Bottom Sound.
Thank you Paul Allen!
I believe he escaped assimilation into the New World Order because of his cancer from which to the best of my information, he has fully recovered.
Thank him for his service..
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