• nflint
  

  • Registered: Aug 20, 2008
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  Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 02:00 PM

  Hi,
  I recently learned that there is a memorial for a those who died in a plane crash off the island of Kwajalein in 1950. The plane exploded into the sea 1 minute after take of and killed everyone aboard including my grand aunt Calla Goodwin. She was a nurse serving in the Korean war.
  
  Do you have photos of the memorial? I would like to see them. I've done some searching of my own on flickr and google but I cannot find any. If you have one will you please send it to nflint@gmail.com?
  
  Thanks,
  Nathan Flint
  
  

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• jitdam
  

  • Registered: Apr 15, 2008
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  Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 02:53 PM

  The story goes like I heard, the plane was taking off I think heading back to korea loaded with nurses and blood supply, being crash in the oceanside of kwajalien at the tip of the coral reef.....There at the oceanside of the Aremy's head quarter, stand a big white cross with two cannons faciing the point where the plane crashed. and it also faces the sun when rising in the morning, and it also stood the US and RM flags.. beautiful site..

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• YokweOnline
  

  • Registered: Jul 10, 2002
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  Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 03:03 PM

  From Kwajalein Hourglass Newspaper, Februrary 28, 2007:
  
  Photo of Memorial, click -->Servicemember m…veilled Monday - entire issue in PDF
  
  

  pages 6,12

  The unveiling and dedication of two memorials honoring United States military service were held oceanside of the airport runway and at the American Legion Post 44 on Monday.
  
  The first memorial commemorated the crew and 11 Navy nurses who lost their lives in a plane crash one and a half minutes after takeoff from the Kwajalein airport during the Korean War in 1950.
  
  “I am awed by the commitment of these nurses in choosing a Navy career that would take them away from friends, family, safety and comfort of stateside duty at a time when travel and communication was much more diffi cult than it is today to deliver world-class health care anytime, anywhere,” said
  Capt. Lori Carlson, keynote Beverly Vencill and Darryl Lambert unveil the nurse’s memorial on
  oceanside near the runway. speaker at the Navy memorial service.
  
  Carlson, director of Health Services at the Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, Pearl Harbor Naval Base, fl
  ew in from Honolulu specifi cally for this event.
  
  The second memorial paid tribute to Soldiers and their families who served on Kwajalein since 1944.
  
  Lt. Col. Jeffrey Klein, U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll Host Nation director, served as keynote speaker on
  behalf of military families currently living on the island.
  
  “This memorial will act as a touchstone to link a shared experience – living and working on Kwajalein
  Atoll – through Maj. Eric Everts and daughter Grace check out the memorial to servicemembers and
  family members who have served on Kwajalein since 1944.
  
  the years,” Klein said standing in front of the 392 by 10-foot Memorial Wall.
  
  Recognition of military service and sacrifi ce was the impetus for both memorials, the brainchild of Beverly Vencill, Memorial Projects Program chairperson.
  
  “I want these people remembered for what they represented, their bravery, self sacrifice,” Vencill said referring to the Navy memorial.
  
  She also wanted the Memorial Wall to serve as a symbol of gratitude that would celebrate military personnel “and let them know that we do appreciate them.”

  
  
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• nflint
  

  • Registered: Aug 20, 2008
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  Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 10:34 AM

  I sent the newsletter to my family. We only heard stories about Calla Goodwin because she died before her nieces and nephews could meet her.
  
  Thank you so much.
  Nate
  
  

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