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Volume 10, Issue 49 - Feature #4031

67 Years Ago Today

Linda; My maternal grandfather's oldest brother, Dalton Riggs (1902 graduate of Northwestern and oldest brother of Sam Riggs of Alva) and his wife Carrie were vacationing in Hawaii in December 1941. On the morning of the attack, Uncle Dalt grabbed his cameras and went out to take photos and movies of what he thought at first was a training exercise. He continued shooting until he was out of film. The government confiscated his film and it was never returned to him. He and Carrie eventually made it back to the states, but it took them several weeks, perhaps months (I've not heard the story re-told in quite a long time, but those are the essential details).

Rod Murrow - 2008-12-07 21:46:24

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