Panay Disaster Reported After How Panay Went Down
Three survivors described the 1937 Japanese air attack on the U S gunboat Panay and Standard Oil steamers on the Yangtze. The Panay was struck fatally after eleven passes by Japanese planes. Lieut Comdr James J Hughes ordered abandon ship as the Panay sank at 3 34 p m. Survivors were Jim Marshall John L Hodge and C C Vines.
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Shanghai
United States Navy
Panay
Standard Oil
Little Panay
Meiping
James J. Hughes
Washington, D. C
Yangtze
Jim Marshall
Seattle
Collier's Writer
John L. Hodge
Siluria
Ala
C. C. Vines
Roanoke
British American Tobacco Company
Hodge
Vines
United States
Great Britain
Japan
War zone chase as ships bear Panay hits and survivors
A 200 mile dash through a war zone carried the Panay survivors and bodies of the three known killed. The fleet included Japanese minesweepers, the Oahu, and a British gunboat. two Japanese surgeons joined the rescue, with a Japanese destroyer and inch nearby. The fleet planned a slow approach to avoid booms, mines and shore attacks.
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Charles L. Ensminger
Ocean Beach
Calif
Panay
C. H. Carlsen
Wa- Pen Conn
Standard Oil
Sandro Sandri
Shanghai
United States
Oahu
Pat Cahill Receives National Legion Badge at Hanford Post
In Hanford Iowa a 5-year-old Pat Cahill received the national committeeman's badge awarded to his father Maurice Cahill. R J Laird presented the medal as Leo J Custer escorted Pat to the platform. The ceremony honored past commanders and included remarks on veteran rehabilitation and post awards by Gordon Beck. The meeting featured the Reed brothers act and Three Gold Flashes.
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Pat Cahill
National Legion
Hanford Post
Hanford
American Legion
Iowa
Maurice Cahill
R. J. “Skin” Laird
the Legion
Pat
Bever Avenue
Leo J. Custer
Harry S. Johnson
Mr. Laird
Europe
United States
Navy
Laird
Legion
Hanford T
Henor
Glen Walters
Ed Nelson
Roy Henningsen
Dick Eaton
Emil Novotny
Hanford Posttien
Leo Custer
H. H. Headley
C. D. Hedberg
Bruce West
Robert Vesely
Henry Haegg
B. D. Silliman
Ed Kopp
Frank Stepanek
Gilbert Martin
Gordon Beck
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Legion Junior Baseball
Decea
Reed Brothers
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Yangtze River
Conopus Club
Thompson
Henry
Gundling
Henry I. Gundling
D Avenue NE
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
By Tea Evi
Kelloggs
Svante
PRG
Sten
Brad
Tony
Bran
Kellogg's
Guvuu “Tegular
The
of Medicina
Battle Creek
Killian
Louise Mulligan
Patricia Petite
Mora
Orcas
Killuian
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