MIDWAY MAGIC
This was an unforgettable adventure. Dee and John got to explore without leaving port more than 60 exhibits with a collection of 27 restored aircraft.
Imagine a ship on a 47-year odyssey that stretched from the end of World War II to the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. An odyssey shared by thousands of sailors whose average age was 19! No other aircraft carrier served America in the 20Th century as long as the USS MIDWAY. Its track record of humanitarian missions, establishment of new naval aviation standards, and marathon deployments made it one of the most noteworthy aircraft carriers in the history of the U.S. NAVY.
Next to the USS MIDWAY was a huge statue of the famous picture by Alfred Eisenstaedt which portrays an American soldier kissing a young woman in a white dress on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945. Everyone was taken by this statue and many pictures of young service men kissing their girls was a happy event to see.
Of course, I was left behind!
The disappointed Gray Hare
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