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Joe Gannon's Blog Posts Tagged 'World War 2' (4)
The Sword in Castletownbere
Back in October of 2017, I wrote an article titled “From Dunkirk to Nagasaki: The Long War of Dr. Aidan MacCarthy,” about a hero of WWII who…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on August 3, 2019 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
Alleta Sullivan: 'Champion Gold Star Mother' of WW2
There are many stirring tales of Irish and Irish-American military heroes in the long history of the United States. From…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on November 22, 2018 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments
WWII Hero Edwin O’Hara: The Honor, But Not the Medal
(Edwin O'Hara, loading the 4 inch gun on the SS Stephen Hopkins. By W.M. Wilson, on display at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.)
For them there are no big parades,
No heroes' welcome gay,
No uniforms, and no applause
To cheer them on…
Added by Joe Gannon on September 23, 2018 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments
'In Harm’s Way': America’s Greatest Submarine Commander
Richard Hetherington O'Kane (below-right, in his Annapolis graduation photo) was born on February 2, 1911 in Dover, New Hampshire, a town near the Atlantic coast with a population of about 13,000 at the time. His father, Dr. Walter Collins O'Kane, was a professor of entomology at the University. Richard attended…
ContinueAdded by Joe Gannon on October 11, 2016 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
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