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#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Charles E. Rosendahl - VA News

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ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) The heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36) shows battle damage sustained in the Battle of Tassafaronga. (2) The navy airship USS Macon and its fighter contingent. (3) The German airship Hindenburg passes over New York City on its last flight. (4) The German airship Hindenburg on its fateful voyage.

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The MOS school I was sent to was N.A.S. Lakehurst, NJ, (eg: Parachute Riggers A School). When I was there, they had a memorial positioned where the Hindenburg burned down, and a small pile of the wreckage. Also, the barracks I lived in was in the shape of a swastika because it was a landmark for the crew of the Hindenburg so that they knew where to land. I'm pretty sure the barracks building is gone, but I don't know about the memorial. I've tried a few times over the years to find out for sure about both the building, and the memorial, and whether or not they're still there, but haven't met with any success. In the PC environment we live in these days, it wouldn't surprise me the least, little bit if they've both been removed/taken down/destroyed. Never mind the fact that the passengers on the Hindenburg were civilians, and several of them were Americans, as were the Navy personnel who were killed on the ground. I don't remember the exact numbers, and since it's 02:30 in the morning, I'm not in the mood to research it to get the exact numbers.

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I think the Memorial is still there, but I doubt if the barracks are.

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SPC Gary C.

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Cpl Jason Lang There were a total 35 deaths out of 97 people on the airship, including 13 of the 36 passengers and 22 of the 61 crew; most survivors were severely burned. Among the killed was also one ground crewman, the civilian linesman Allen Hagaman.[16] Ten passengers[Note 2] and 16 crewmen[Note 3] died in the crash or in the fire. The majority of the victims were burned to death, while others died jumping from the airship at an excessive height, or as a consequence of either smoke inhalation or falling debris.[Note 4] Six other crew members,[Note 5] three passengers,[Note 6] and Allen Hagaman died in the following hours or days, mostly as a result of the burns.[17]

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