Booster4324 Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Simply, wow. Link After revisiting the village of Ea Ea in 1960, he came home, raised $15,000 over three years, "most of it $5 and $10 gifts," and then returned with 17-year-old son Richard in 1963 to contract for the building of the villagers' first school. In the decades to come, Hargesheimer's U.S. fundraising and determination built a clinic, another school and libraries in Ea Ea, renamed Nantabu, and surrounding villages. In 1970, their three children grown, Hargesheimer and his late wife, Dorothy, moved to New Britain, today an out-island of the nation of Papua New Guinea, and taught the village children themselves for four years. The Nantabu school's experimental plot of oil palm even helped create a local economy, a large plantation with jobs for impoverished villagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Simply, wow. Link I swear, I caught nothing more the headline, and said "Aw, Fred Hargesheimer died. That sucks. How do I know who the !@#$ Fred Hargesheimer is?" Must have read his story way back, and forgot it until now. It sucks having a steel-trap mind for useless trivia. (Story's wrong, by the way: he flew F-5s, not P-38s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 steel-trap mind I also have a steel-trap mind. Whatever goes in comes out mangled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 It is amazing what can be achieved by a motivated individual with very little money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 steel-trap mind for useless trivia. I also have a steel-trap mind. Whatever goes in comes out mangled. Me too. But mine's been rusted shut for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britbillsfan Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (Story's wrong, by the way: he flew F-5s, not P-38s). An F-5 in WW2? I thought they did not start production until the mid to late 50s, a tad late for WW2. nice story. There are probably more like this than we realise, just most never make it into the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 An F-5 in WW2? I thought they did not start production until the mid to late 50s, a tad late for WW2. nice story. There are probably more like this than we realise, just most never make it into the news. Perhaps Tom meant this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-5_Lightning It looks to be a P-38 that was modified. It is "a photo-reconnaissance version of the P-38 Lightning" it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Perhaps Tom meant this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-5_Lightning It looks to be a P-38 that was modified. It is "a photo-reconnaissance version of the P-38 Lightning" it seems. Yep. The WWII designations were: B = bomber, P = pursuit (fighter), F = photo-recon (since "P" was taken for "pursuit"). When the USAF gained their independence, "F" became fighter, and recon became something with "R" in it ("RF", "TR", "SR"). And yes, it was a "photo-recon version of the P-38"...but the mods were kinda important, even in the context. Edited December 30, 2010 by DC Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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