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Bunker Hill as a stationary electronics test platform, 1967. On 27 September 1945, Bunker Hill sailed from Bremerton to report for duty with the Operation Magic Carpet fleet, returning veterans from the Pacific as a unit of TG 16.12. The vessel made return trips to the west coast from Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and Guam and Saipan.
Bunker Hill had an elevation of 110 feet (34 m) and lay at the northern end of the peninsula. Breed's Hill had a height of 62 feet (19 m) and was more southerly and nearer to Boston. [17] The American soldiers were at an advantage due to the height of Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill, but it also essentially trapped them at the top.
John Edward Kilmer (August 15, 1930 – August 13, 1952) was a United States Navy hospitalman who was killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill (1952) while attached to a Marine Corps rifle company in the Korean War. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty on August 13, 1952.
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An 8-year-old girl has died following an accident during Kaysville’s annual Fourth of July parade, Utah police reported. Macie Hill of Layton, Utah, was performing with her Patriot Cheer team ...
Two game wardens found the decomposed remains of a young girl in a wooded area of Lebanon County on Oct. 10, 1973, approximately 47 miles from Brenneman's home in York County, Lacey said. It ...
The destroyer USS English went alongside Bunker Hill, to help in the fighting of fires and to take off Vice Admiral Mitscher, transferring his flag to the newly repaired carrier Enterprise. Of Bunker Hill's crew, 352 were killed, 264 were wounded and 41 were missing. Hundreds of crewmen had been either blown overboard or were forced to jump to ...
Daniel Menard, 79, and Stephanie Menard, 73, died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head, the coroner said Cause of death revealed for elderly nudist couple after remains found in concrete ...