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To: gulfcoast6
Good Morning, Toby!

My neighbor, Will Lehner, was aboard the USS Ward on that Sunday morning, patrolling the outer edges of Pearl Harbor.

They sunk one of the Japanese midget submarines trying to sneak into the harbor.

He saw a salvo hit the conning tower.

A few years ago he was invited by Bob Ballard (Titanic fame)to try and find the sub. He tried to tell Ballard where it was, using a mini sub but Ballard wouldn't listen.

A few months later some Japanese students, doing their own research, found the submarine right where Will had said it would be.

86 posted on 12/07/2005 4:00:00 AM PST by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: Northern Yankee

Ballard is an egotistical, blowhard.


148 posted on 12/07/2005 6:14:42 AM PST by Redleg Duke (9/11 - "WE WILL NEVER FORGET!")
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