the day the world went cold "It's going to be an exciting book and a fun story to read with all the twists and turns of a 'historical thriller novel,' except this one is real, not historical fiction, of course." - Dr. Ken Ricci, nuclear physicist Lieutenant Joseph Queen . . . . . Sergeant Douglas Arthur . . . . . Staff Sergeant José Rinaldo . . . . . Lieutenant Robert S. Rainey . . . . . Flight Officer Marion J. Sherill . . . . . Staff Sergeant Arthur Strilky . . . . . Lieutenant Lucius Weeks . . . . . Staff Sergeant Cyril Bernacki . . . . . Corp. Richard H. Turner . . . . . Staff Sergeant Jesse H. Owens . . . . . Captain Robert W. Campbell . . . . . Lieutenant Eugene R. Harwood . . . . . Lieutenant John B. Grant The "Hog Wild" Story in Russia... -- in Russian -- http://argumenti.ru/toptheme/n250/71969/ NEWS FLASH! Six members of the Hog Wild crew: Marion Sherrill, Eugene Harwood, Jesse Owens, Robert Campbell, Douglas Arthur and Lucius Weekshave been nominated and approved for membership in the Goldfish Club. Goldfish Club members are airmen who bailed out and who would not have survived if not for their Mae West jacket or personal flotation device. The U.S. Library of Congress has selected this website for inclusion in their historic collection of Internet materials... "The Library of Congress preserves the Nation's cultural artifacts and provides enduring access to them. The Library's traditional functions, acquiring, cataloging, preserving and serving collection materials of historical importance to the Congress and the American people to foster education and scholarship, extend to digital materials, including websites." "Congratulations, Bill. I consider that a badge of honor and the ultimate mark of credibility!" - Patrick A. Tillery KilroyWasHere.org The Flight of the Hog Wild story is now a blog at the National Library of Scotland VIEW IT HERE "Great Bill, congratulations! Well deserved!" Walt J. Boyne: Director, National Air and Space Museum

Join us on Facebook! Bill Streifer Intelligence writer Advisor to the Cold War Museum, Vint Hill, Virginia Intelligence/B-29 Articles by Bill Streifer OSS in Manchuria: Operation Cardinal OSS Society Journal, Summer/Fall 2010 Operation Cardinal: "...So You Must be a Spy" American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2011 OSS in Korea: Operation Eagle American Intelligence Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012 The Goldfish Club 500th Bomb Group Newsletter, December 2012 Do Sang-rok: The "Father" of North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program? NKnews.org, May 2013 Irek Sabitov Newspaper editor and journalist Ufa, Russia ... and now the Hog Wild is a BIG STORY in Russia! "The Last Flight of the Hog Wild : The Japanese Nuclear Bomb Slipped Into the Hands of North Korea" by Irek Sabitov & Bill Streifer Arguments of the Week, August 12-18, 2010 Circulation: 587,000 / week (including Moscow) [Gallup Media] The Shock of "First Lightning": An Intelligence Failure? American Intelligence Journal, Spring 2013 by Bill Streifer and Irek Sabitov Introduction by ... Dr. Benjamin C. Garrett FBI Senior Scientist Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) forensic lab - Quantico, Virginia Two weeks after WWII had ended, Soviet fighters forced down an American B-29 bomber while on a POW supply mission to Konan, Korea (now Hungnam, North Korea)... "Why would the Soviets have taken this unusual and provocative step? What was so valuable in Konan that they wished to ensure that they possessed and that they denied it to their allies? How might Konan figured into the overall Japanese program of building a nuclear weapon - a nuclear program that the Americans and British appear to have convinced themselves as rudimentary at best and most likely one focused on nuclear energy, not nuclear weaponry. Streifer and Sabitov present their case for answers to these questions and others as they recount events brought into focus by The Flight of the Hog Wild." -- Dr. Benjamin C. Garrett About the Authors Contact us READ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING 350+ "Consultants" Meet Dr. Benjamin C. Garrett Research Assistants David Snell's Atlanta Constitution Article (It mentions the Hog Wild!) The Hog Wild was forced down on August 29, 1945 over the city of Konan (now Hungnam, North Korea). This is not the Hog Wild, although it suffered similar damage after being fired upon and forced down by Soviet Yak fighters. This is the Order of the Red Banner, awarded to the Russian Yak fighter pilots who shot down the Hog Wild, an American B-29 Superfortress on a POW supply mission. This is the Konan POW Camp in Hungnam, North Korea where the 13-man crew of the Hog Wild - along with 354 Allied POWs - were interned for sixteen days, while Soviet and American commanders negotiated for their release. Soviet officers, Allied POWs and the crew of the Hog Wild ... in Hungnam, North Korea. Konan POW camp and chemical plant in the bacground where it was rumored that atomic bomb work was bing carried out by the Japanese. "The more I read of your research, the stranger the whole affair becomes. Some of your work is bringing back memories and questions I had at the time but dismissed as contemporary events, overwhelmed my attention." - Staff Sgt. Arthur Strilky Hog Wild's Radio Operator ~~~ "Your website is thought-provoking and spectacular." - Leigh Grant daughter of Lieutenant John Grant, an "observer" aboard the Hog Wild ~~~ "I learned much of interest & think others will find it of interest, too. The potential audience, based on a single chapter, strikes me as vast: historians of assorted types (military, diplomacy, Soviet affairs, Korean studies, Japanese studies), conspiracy theorists (information withheld by whom & why?), Cold War & Korean Conflict enthusiasts & students of the atomic bomb. My comments will follow later but I remain impressed by the research & by the results... I found the details in Chapter 9 terrific. The story is compelling, especially for someone with an interest in the field but otherwise ignorant on the periods when the Japanese occupied the area and were producing materials for use during World War II, as well as the early years of Soviet occupation following the Japanese evacuation and surrender. You provide useful insights into those periods. The inclusion of maps, drawing and photos is a wonderful idea." - Benjamin C. Garrett FBI Senior Scientist forensic laboratory Weapons of Mass Destruction ~~~ "This book is a fascinating insight into a too-long overlooked chapter in our aviation history. Only diligent research, intelligent analysis and the ability to write well could provide the student of World War II with this new and riveting chapter of the greatest series of aerial battles of the war. It is sure to meet with widespread approval, considerable controversy and, logically, a film." - Walter J. Boyne military historian National Air & Space Museum P.S. You are obviously a pro, and your material is well written... I wish you well with this! It is great to see another chapter added, especially one that uncovers all new material. A spy mission disguised as a POW "mercy mission." Ridiculous, you say? Read "OSS in Manchuria: Operation Cardinal" by Bill Streifer, a featured article and cover-story in the Summer/Fall 2010 issue of the OSS Society Journal. Your OSS article was great! - Leigh Grant daughter of Lieut. John Grant About the Authors ¦ Read What People Are Saying ¦ Contact Us

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