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To: rlmorel

RADM Homer Wallin was the officer in charge of the USS Missouri salvage. He is the same officer that lead the salvage operations in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack.


6 posted on 11/12/2013 4:06:50 AM PST by X Fretensis
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To: X Fretensis

I did some research on the CABLE, she was ARS-19, had an impressive history with the Navy.


7 posted on 11/12/2013 4:26:27 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: X Fretensis

I understand there is a book out somewhere about him...I have to try to find it.


13 posted on 11/12/2013 7:06:25 AM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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