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The Hollywood-Haverhill connection is where we will find our story. There is, in fact, a second, less well known Haverhill-Hollywood connection. It’s a story that links together Haverhill, alleged ax-murder Lizzie Borden, President Theodore Roosevelt, the United States Supreme Court, a naval destroyer and, of course, Hollywood.
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Tags: Buttonwoods Museum, DD-277, Hannah Duston, Haverhill, Hell Below, Lizzie Borden, Louis B Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, USS Moody, William H. Moody
Remembering the Desert Ghost
When Lady Be Good failed to return to base, a search was organized. Planes fanned out over the Mediterranean looking for wreckage, life-rafts or any trace of the aircraft or crew. One plane searched the desert to the South of the base. Nothing was found. The crew were declared missing, and after a year passed, declared dead.
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Tags: B-24D, Desert Ghost, Lady Be Good, Robert F. Toner
Block Island’s U-boat
Midway between the low hump of Block Island and a rocky point called Judith, lie the remnants of the final skirmish of World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic.
Filed under: History, Ships | 5 Comments
Tags: Battle of the Atlantic, Block Island, Eagle Boat 56, german imperial navy, U-853, U-Boat, World War II
