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History Author Show: (103 year old) Lt. Jim Downing (Pearl Harbor survivor)
History Auhor Show ^ | December 5, 2016 | December 5, 2016

Posted on 12/05/2016 10:38:01 AM PST by cdga5for4

December 5, 2016 – In this episode we meet 103-year-old Lt. Jim Downing, the second-oldest survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, who will speak at the 75th commemoration in Hawaii on December 7th, 2016. Jim not only witnessed his ship, USS West Virginia, go up in flames on that day of infamy, but he later served in the Korean War, and in 1956 stumbled into the H-Bomb test at Bikini Atoll.

A man of great faith and soon to be the oldest male author in the Guinness Book of World Records, Jim Downing is also a spiritual leader with The Navigators, a worldwide Christian ministry. This unique and inspiring veteran joins us to share his memoir, The Other Side of Infamy: My Journey Through Pearl Harbor and the World of War.

(Excerpt) Read more at historyauthor.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ww2
This is a very well produced, fascinating interview with 103-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor Lt. Jim Downing, the author of The Other Side of Infamy.
1 posted on 12/05/2016 10:38:01 AM PST by cdga5for4
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To: cdga5for4; 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; Alas Babylon!; ..

A Special Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance


2 posted on 12/05/2016 10:44:09 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: SandRat

BTTT


3 posted on 12/05/2016 10:47:55 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: cdga5for4

thx for the post. will listen.


4 posted on 12/05/2016 10:49:07 AM PST by dadfly
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To: SandRat

Thanks much.


5 posted on 12/05/2016 10:51:21 AM PST by Rushmore Rocks (,)
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To: SandRat; All

Never Forget!

6 posted on 12/05/2016 11:06:21 AM PST by luvie (There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.)
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