tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post1561790348450925873..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: On This Day in 1945, Japan Released Me from a POW Camp. Then US Pilots Saved My LifeBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-62628644451888289852020-08-15T19:54:36.930-04:002020-08-15T19:54:36.930-04:00Interesting and thanks.Interesting and thanks.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-29586352468281782472020-08-15T19:48:11.222-04:002020-08-15T19:48:11.222-04:00Lt. Newton wasn't the only pilot to make such ...Lt. Newton wasn't the only pilot to make such a discovery. Another was my uncle, LtCmdr. Lester Wall who was a squadron commander on the USS Lexington. This is the "LEX" referred to in the photograph in the main article. (It should be noted that the Lexington and the Hancock worked together as a carrier division.)<br />I don't know if Lt Newton was similarly awarded as my uncle who received the Distinguished Flying Cross. His citation mentioned both discovering camps and leading in supply drops. He certainly should have been.<br />My Uncle Lett always said he was prouder of what got him that DFC than his Navy Cross or any of the "Meatballs" painted on the side of his cockpit.JWMJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330556524852443926noreply@blogger.com