I still think TIGHAR is working the wrong island.
Yes. And I”m still intrigued by Fred Goerner’s 1966 book “The Search For Ameila Earhart” that has her dying after being imprisoned on a Japanese controlled island. I think it was Saipan’
http://www.ameliaearhartbook.com/new_page_9.htm
And there is also this letter to Goerner:
Dear Mr. Goerner:
Please pardon my delay answering your letter of June. I have been in the hospital and have not been too well since my return.
In writing to you, I did not realize that you wanted to quote my remarks about Miss Earhart, and I would rather that you would not.
General Tommy Watson who commanded the 2nd Marine Division during the assault on Saipan and stayed on that island after the fall of Okinawa, on one of my seven visits of inspection of his division told me that
Miss Earhart met her death on Saipan. That is the total knowledge I have of this incident.
Having known General Watson many years, I naturally accepted this information as being correct. General Watson, I am sorry to say, died some years ago and therefore cannot be contacted.
I am sorry if my remarks mislead you but I cannot add anything more to this report
Most sincerely,
/s/ A.A. Vandergrift
General USMC (Ret
http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/earhart/article.asp?id=816
There are some interesting FAQs regarding flight times and fuel consumption here: http://www.ameliaearhartbook.com/new_page_6.htm
This is the site of a lady who has researched Earhart and does not believe TIGHAR and its Gardner Island theory.