When it became apparent, on July 2, 1937, that the plane carrying Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan was lost and would not be landing at Howland Island as planned, the Coast Guard cutter Itasca, which had been dispatched to Howland to assist Earhart, contacted US Navy headquarters in Honolulu and requested assistance with a search.Continue reading “The Search for Amelia Earhart: Nikumaroro”
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The Search for Amelia Earhart: Howland
There had been rain in the night, like thunder on the aged tin roof. Not the usual Hilo rain, this deluge reminded the Admiral of the furious squalls in the Line Islands south of Hawaii, at Howland, where he had spent that never to be forgotten July a lifetime ago, before the War, when heContinue reading “The Search for Amelia Earhart: Howland”
The Ruler of the Heavens 