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"This Web Site is dedicated to the memory
of those who gave their lives to preserve the ideals that we all hold so dear. Freedom is not Free. If we fail
to protect and preserve it, we could lose it."
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William "Bill" Rose
William "Bill" Rose
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William "Bill" Rose joined Butch O'Hare's fighter squadron in San Diego in the spring of
'43 and deployed to Maui, Hawaii in July with the squadron for further training.. In August '43 the squadron was
embarked on the USS Enterprise (CV-6)
for a short at sea refresher training period. The concluding part of that period involved the Air Group - His participation
in a mock attack from sea against the military installations on the island of Oahu to test the detection and defenses
of the Island. .
Bill Rose was flying wing on Butch O'Hare for this flight. After penetrating the island defenses, Simulated attacks
were made by both the Navy attackers from sea and by the Army Air Corps defenders. Unfortunately during the simulated
conflict, an Army P-39 or P-59 came in contact with Bill Rose's Hellcat and both fighter planes crashed into Pearl
Harbor off the end of the Air Strip on Ford Island. Thus William "Bill" Rose, our Fighter Pilot brother,
became the first war-time loss from the squadron, after deployed from San Diego.
- Hersch Pahl
"For those who fought for it...
freedom has a flavor the protected will never know!"
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October 1, 2007
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