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  • Wade Litzinger's aircraft carrier during WWII, the USS Shangri-La (CV-38) two days after the cease fire and end of WWII. Also known as "The Showboat" and "The Tokyo Express" - (Sept. 3, 1945 written on back?)  - Aug. 17, 1945
    USS_Shangri_La_after_war_2_Aug_17_19...jpg
  • The Shangri-La HORIZON  -  First Anniversary Edition  -  Sept. 1945
    Z_Horizon_Magazine_1stAnniversary_Se...jpg
  • Torpedo Squadron 85 (VT-85) TBF Avengers flying over Japan waters. - July 1945 or later  -- Photo By Wade Litzinger
    TBF_Avenger_planes_in_air_crop_1945.jpg
  • Wade Litzinger's aircraft carrier during WWII, the USS Shangri-La (CV38) just after the end of WWII - (Sept. 3, 1945 Wade wrote on back). - Aug. 17, 1945
    USS_Shangri_La_CV38_endWWII_101745.jpg
  • Bombing Fighting Squadron 85 (VBF-85) F4U Corsairs with lightning bolt on tail- date has to be between Jan 1945 and mid July 1945
    F4U_Corsairs_in_air_1945.jpg
  • Two Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldivers from the U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV 38) Bombing Squadron 85 (VB-85) - Date: mid July to Sept. 1945
    SB2C_Helldivers_Two_1945.jpg
  • Torpedo Squadron 85 (VT-85) TBF Avengers flying over Japan waters. - July 1945 or later  -- Photo By Wade Litzinger
    TBF_Avengers_in_air_1945.jpg
  • 'Doc' Snavely landed a F4U Corsair at fast speed with no flaps, the tail hook caught the arresting cable and the tail snapped off. Snavely uninjured. - Aug. 9, 1945
    Snavely_Corsair_crash_Aug9_1945.jpg
  • Skiiing at Snoqualme Pass, WA - (l to r) Gray, Tracy, Lee, 'Porky' Gendreau, Campbell and 'Moose' (kneeling) - Dec. 22, 1945
    Skiiing_Snoqualme_Pass_small_group_D...jpg
  • U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV-38) V-50 Basketball team - 1944 or 1945<br />
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back: Homer 'Red' Ellis?, Henry Bartelloni, and Harry Barnes <br />
front:  John 'Jack' Fogarty and James 'Tom' Thompson  <br />
<br />
-- Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Shangri_La_V50_Basketball_team_start...jpg
  • 27 Shangri-La crew members skiing at Snoqualme Pass, WA after ship went to Bremerton, WA and Puget Sound, WA for repairs after WWII ended. - Dec. 22, 1945<br />
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back row:  ?, ?, Campbell?, ?, Lee, Eugene 'Porky' Pacquette, Wade Litzinger, Mac or C.B. Miller, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, F.H. 'Smitty' Schmidtgoessling <br />
middle row:  ? , 'Moose', ? , 'Porky' Gendreau, ? , Ralph Chelsen<br />
front row: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, John "Jack" Fogarty?<br />
note: Gray, Tracy, & Campbell are in picture somewhere
    Skiing_Group_Picture_Snoqualme_Pass_...jpg
  • After having a shell hole in his fusilage behind the cockpit, Lt. Reed crash landed a F4U Corsair. The tail hook and back of plane ripped off and remained at the end of deck, while the rest of plane raced down the flight deck and a wing crashed into a gun turret. - July 24, 1945
    Reed_Corsair_crash_ July24_1945.jpg
  • Howard Albert Staples, "Mac" (C.B. Miller?), and Wade Litzinger  - San Diego, CA  <br />
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Date: Feb. 2-12, 1945 or Dec. 30 1945 - Feb. 1, 1946?
    Howard_Staples_CB_Miller_Wade_at_tab...jpg
  • Alfred 'Boss' Bonosconi of Bombing Squadron 85 (VB-85) in a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - He was killed July 18, 1945 during the battle with Japanese ship Nagato. First and only U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV 38) man burried at sea the next day on July 19, 1945.
    Boss_Bonosconi.jpg
  • Oliver Rasmussen eluded capture in Japan for 68 days from July 14, 1945 to Sept. 19, 1945 and survived by stealing milk from cows, etc...
    Oliver_Rasmussen.jpg
  • U.S.S. Shangri-La V50 basketball team- <br />
front row: John 'Jack' Fogarty, James 'Tom' Thompson <br />
middle row: Homer 'Red' Ellis?, Henry J. Bartelloni, Harry Barnes<br />
back row: Al (Bonosconi?), 'Moose' (W.A. Graham?), May, Robert Hanna<br />
- 1944 or 1945  -- Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Shangri_La_V50_basketball_team_pictu...jpg
  • U.S.S. Shangri-La V50 basketball team-<br />
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front row: 'Moose' (W.A Graham?), ______ May?,  Al (Bonosconi??), Robert Hanna<br />
back row:  Homer 'Red' Ellis?, Harry Barnes, Henry J. Bartelloni, John 'Jack' Fogarty?, James 'Tom' Thompson <br />
<br />
- 1944 or 1945  -- Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Shangri_la_V50_basketball_team_horiz...jpg
  • Adam 'Danny' Moyer, and John 'Jack' Fogarty by a SB2C-4 Helldiver - 1944 or 1945<br />
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Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Moyer_and_Fogarty_by_SB2C.jpg
  • Paul 'Abbie' Kolesar? with an SB2C Helldiver? on the U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV-38) 1944 or 1945.<br />
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Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Abbie_Kolesar_by_plane.jpg
  • Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver #82 of Bombing Squadron 85 (VB-85) of the USS Shangri-La with pilot ?? and photographer L.B. Meek in rear seat on a photo mission two days after the cease fire was called.  -  Aug. 17, 1945
    Photographer_LB_Meek_in_SB2C_82_0817...jpg
  • U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV38) Bombing Squadron 85 (VB-85) - they flew SB2C Helldivers - 1944 or 1945
    Bombing_Squadron_85_roster.jpg
  • U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV38) Fighting Squadron 85 (VF-85) Maintenance and Support roster - VF-85 flew F4U Corsairs - 1944 or 1945
    Fighting_Squadron_85_support_roster.jpg
  • Robert? Hanna, Wade Litzinger or John 'Jack' Fogarty, and Marshall 'Fitz' Kuhn by a Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver plane on the U.S.S Shangri-La (CV-38) - 1944 or 1945  <br />
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-- Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Hanna_Fogarty_and_Fitz_by_SB2C_plane.jpg
  • Wade Litzinger writing a letter back to the states while in C0210L on the U.S.S. Shangri-La (CV-38) - 1944 or 1945
    Wade_writing_letter_in_C0210L_1944or...jpg
  • Howard Albert Staples with M1919 Browning twin 30 caliber machine guns in rear cockpit of a Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver from VB-85 (Bombing Squadron 85) aboard the U.S.S. Shangri-La.  - 1944 or 1945  -- Photo by Wade Litzinger
    Howard_Staples_with_SB2C_rear_gun_19...jpg
  • Henry Bartelloni and Adam 'Danny' Moyer by Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - 1944 or 1945  --Photo By Wade Litzinger
    Bartelloni_and_Moyer_by_SB2C_1944or1...jpg
  • ? Torpedo Squadron (VT-85) ? - 1944 or 1945
    Torpedo_Squadron_VT85_pilots_maybe.jpg
  • Z_Fredrick_Coffee_story_in Horizon_m...jpg
  • Z_Rasmussen_story_Horizon_Magazine_S...jpg
  • horizon_basketball_July_1945.jpg
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