Ep 15 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 2 ✈️ Midnight’s Watery Grave

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories

05/01/24 • 23 min

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In part 2 of this story, the “ordinary life” of Howard Leon Whetten evolves into some extraordinary experiences as he faces certain death in the midnight plunge of his B-24 Bomber into the dark watery grave of the oceans surrounding the Solomon Islands. This very first bombing run turns the simple life into a battle for life. From his home in New Mexico, to the wild legends of the Solomon Islands, Leon’s life is left in the hands of fate & God.
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Howard Leon Whetten, B-24 Bomber Assistant Radio Operator & Tail Gunner
Keith Mason, 460th Bomb Group PilotAbraham Wald, Polish Immigrant & Jewish Mathematician
Russell Brunson
Admiral Isoroku YamamotoArmy Air Corp
U.S. Naval Intelligence
Japanese
Polish
U.S. Marines
Heavenly Father
Jesus Christ
Mormon
2nd Lieutenant Lord, B-24 Bomber Pilot
2nd Lieutenant Radford, B-24 Bomber co-Pilot
2nd Lieutenant Roark, B-24 Bomber Navigator
2nd Lieutenant Potter, B-24 Bomber Bombadier
Ed Semick, B-24 Bomber Engineer & Nose Turret Gunner
Robert Chapman (Chappy), B-24 Bomber Radio Operator
Claude Meyers, B-24 Bomber Side Gunner
Harold Ewing, B-24 Bomber Side Gunner
Kenneth Winham, B-24 Bomber Gunner
Frankenstein
Orson Wells
Jack Benny, The Jello Program
Bob Hope, Pepsodent ShowLocations
Arizona
Mexico
New Mexico
Pearl Harbor
Columbia University
Eastern Europe
Poland
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
Kukum Field, Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Honiara Golf Course
Japan
Lunga Point, Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
United States of America

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05/01/24 • 23 min

FAMILY HISTORY DRAMA : Unbelievable True Stories - Ep 15 Howard Leon Whetten Pt 2 ✈️ Midnight’s Watery Grave

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Here’s a quick recap from Pt 1 of this miraculous story, Howard Leon Whetten was born on a dairy farm in southern Arizona, lived in old Mexico for most of his youth and adolescent life, he then returned to New Mexico where he does back breaking work for $2 a day, he graduates high school at age 23, takes over as breadwinner of the household after his fathers final disabling head injury, Pearl Harbor is attacked, thousands of young men and women flock to join in the war effort, Howard’s far

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