HANSON, HOHLAUS HIRTZEL, Radioman Third Class (no. 3821197), USS Langley, US Navy, †01/03/1942
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo A. Hanson, 335 H St., San Bernardino, Calif.
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USS LANGLEY (CV-1 AV-3)
On the 27th February 1942, seaplane tender USS Langley, destroyers USS Edsall and USS Whipple were attacked by bombers. Langley was heavily damaged and had to be abandoned. Edsall picked up 177 survivors; Whipple, 308. On March 1st the destroyers landed the survivors on Pecos and Pecos, now carrying about 700 survivors from Langley, Stewart and Houston headed for Australia. Later in the day, she was attacked for hours and sunk by Japanese bombers from the carriers of VADM Nagumo Chuichi's Kido Butai.
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138146
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo A. Hanson, 335 H St., San Bernardino, Calif.
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USS LANGLEY (CV-1 AV-3)
On the 27th February 1942, seaplane tender USS Langley, destroyers USS Edsall and USS Whipple were attacked by bombers. Langley was heavily damaged and had to be abandoned. Edsall picked up 177 survivors; Whipple, 308. On March 1st the destroyers landed the survivors on Pecos and Pecos, now carrying about 700 survivors from Langley, Stewart and Houston headed for Australia. Later in the day, she was attacked for hours and sunk by Japanese bombers from the carriers of VADM Nagumo Chuichi's Kido Butai.
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138146
HANSON, HOHLAUS HIRTZEL, Radioman Third Class (no. 3821197), USS Langley, US Navy, †01/03/1942
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo A. Hanson, 335 H St., San Bernardino, Calif.
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USS LANGLEY (CV-1 AV-3)
On the 27th February 1942, seaplane tender USS Langley, destroyers USS Edsall and USS Whipple were attacked by bombers. Langley was heavily damaged and had to be abandoned. Edsall picked up 177 survivors; Whipple, 308. On March 1st the destroyers landed the survivors on Pecos and Pecos, now carrying about 700 survivors from Langley, Stewart and Houston headed for Australia. Later in the day, she was attacked for hours and sunk by Japanese bombers from the carriers of VADM Nagumo Chuichi's Kido Butai.
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138146
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo A. Hanson, 335 H St., San Bernardino, Calif.
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USS LANGLEY (CV-1 AV-3)
On the 27th February 1942, seaplane tender USS Langley, destroyers USS Edsall and USS Whipple were attacked by bombers. Langley was heavily damaged and had to be abandoned. Edsall picked up 177 survivors; Whipple, 308. On March 1st the destroyers landed the survivors on Pecos and Pecos, now carrying about 700 survivors from Langley, Stewart and Houston headed for Australia. Later in the day, she was attacked for hours and sunk by Japanese bombers from the carriers of VADM Nagumo Chuichi's Kido Butai.
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138146
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
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