Legends Teams With On Eternal Patrol

Legends was recently contacted by Charles Hinman of the USS Bowfin Museum and sitemaster of OnEternalPatrol.com to provide new USS Tang (SS-306) content in light of the new "Escape From The Deep" film project.

Charles and I will be depositing additional research and files in the Tang section of Legends to provide the most complete record of her career online. Stay tuned -- the stuff from Charles is really great!

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Commendation for Charles Hinman

Our good friend Charles Hinman recently received some much deserved kudos for his work at the USS Bowfin Museum. As reported here, Charles worked tirelessly to put together the Wahoo Memorial and Remembrance week in October of 2007. He also served as Project Wahoo's U.S. point of contact for information regarding the discovery of Wahoo. He has also served in much the same capacity for the search efforts of several additional lost WWII boats, notably the USS Grunion. I know from personal experience he is a gracious host and Charles made my visit to Oahu the experience of a lifetime.

In recognition of his hard work, Admiral Joe Walsh, ComSubPac, recently awarded Charles with the following citation (click the image to enlarge it). Bravo Zulu, Charles!

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