Radio heroics aboard Siboney help hurricane victims
Ray Huttiens of Long Island City and Milton Kitchen on the Siboney relayed SOS from Miami WAX during the 1926 hurricane. Despite heavy static and limited power, the crew and shipboard operators fed food, clothing, and medical supplies to victims, while Miami station WAX transmitted the warning to the outside world.
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High Seas
Ray Huttiens
Long Island City
N. Y
Florida
OS Ray
Ward Line
Siboney
Milton Kitchen
Havana
New _York
New Orleans
WNY
Ray
Morro Castle
Key West
WRN
Miami
Kitchen
WSA
East Moriches
Long Island
al Kahn
Orizaba
Hatteras
F. L. Miller
Wax
Chief Joseph Acknowledged as Great Captain of Nez Perce
The essay lauds Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce as a legendary military mind on par with Robert E Lee. It details his 1877 retreat from Oregon country toward Canada, his defensive strategy, and his surrender speech. It notes his later years on reservations and enduring leadership amid white settlement pressures.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Robert E. ‘Lee
America
Lee
Joseph
Nez Perce
Oregon
Nex Perce
Napoleon
Robert E.lee
Chief Joseph
Chester Anders Fee
Wilson Erickson
New York
Col. C. E. S. Wood
Nez Perces
New World
Old Joseph
Wallowa Valley
Young Joseph
Canada
White Bird
Wal-lait-its
Wal-lait-iis
Wallaius
White Bird Canyon
Howard
Perry
Sturgis
Seventh Cavalry
Looking Glass
Tu-hul-hil-sote
Akkut
Miles
Idaho
Fort Leavenworth
Indian Territory
Northwest
Colville
Washington
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Floyd Gibbons
Ham
Cuzco
Peru
Bos
Aren
Lewis and Clark
Lapwai
THE
Wyoming