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  • Memorial Day Surprise [story about WWII vet & a B-17]

    05/22/2009 6:47:27 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 7 replies · 458+ views
    The Mountain Enterprise ^ | May 22, 2009 | Patric Hedlund
    This Monday, while the VFW is holding its 10 a.m. Memorial Day ceremony at the Cody Prosser Veteran’s Memorial in Frazier Mountain Park, Gary and Lois Lee of Lockwood Valey will be remembering Gary's father, Lt. Bert Lee. Lee was in the first plane to be shot down in the surprise attack of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. He lived to tell the tale. The phone rang this spring with an amazing message for his family. The well-known turkey rancher and apple grower, who passed away in 2006, had many tales to share around the dinner table about fighting...