tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post5084902450353959763..comments2023-10-02T01:53:29.451-06:00Comments on Naval Air Cowman: Gold Star BoysPrairieAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-35113910436698081132022-08-05T13:07:40.929-06:002022-08-05T13:07:40.929-06:00Regarding your rerun post on Gold Star Boys from K... Regarding your rerun post on Gold Star Boys from Kimball:<br /> Keith L. Childers was born in Nuckolls, Nebraska in 10 Jan 1923, to Roy and Lillie Childers, and in 1930 they were still living in Nuckolls.<br /> In the 1940 census, Lillie was listed as married to John Filer, living at 502 S. Howard St. in Kimball, with the same kids she had in the 1930 census, Max and Maxine a bit older than Keith, and Leroy, 3 years younger. John Filer was a rancher, Max is listed as a farmer, and Maxine was operator in a beauty shop. Keith was not yet employed.<br /><br /> Keith must not have yearned for the life of a rancher, as he enlisted in the Navy 26 May 1941 in Denver, well before Pearl Harbor.<br /><br /> USS Enterprise muster rolls show him as Seaman 2nd Class aboard USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) in July 1942, promoted to Seaman 1st Class on 1 July 1942.<br /> The August muster roll entry for him reads:<br /> "DIED 8/24/42 Killed in action as a result of enemy (Jap) bombing attack. Buried at sea 8/26/42."<br /><br /> The same muster roll page has five other shipmates with the same entry plus two "Missing in action. Believed killed as a result of enemy (Jap) bombing attack. Considered buried at sea 8/26/42."<br /><br /> His brother Leroy "Junior" Childers enlisted in the Navy 4 September 1943, served on LST 461 in the Pacific, and returned to Kimball in 1947 after discharge. He and his mother are buried in Kimball.<br /> John Blackshoe<br /> Reply<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-49600562024133325792015-03-03T07:07:54.957-07:002015-03-03T07:07:54.957-07:00You hit the nail right on the head, Juvat.You hit the nail right on the head, Juvat.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-49418517588097248952015-03-02T20:42:34.676-07:002015-03-02T20:42:34.676-07:00The focus of you're post was also what I inten...The focus of you're post was also what I intended to be the focus of my post on the Nimitz Museum. It was the "regular" guys that won the war. Not the AF or the Navy, Marines, Army, Allied powers blah, blah blah. It was the 17 year old E2 or the 21 year old O1 who gave everything they had to achieve victory. That's the message I get from that museum and I think it's an important one.<br />Please God, don't let us forget that lesson. It's not about the greatness of national leaders, but it IS about the courage of the people asked to carry out the orders of those leaders.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-44309654656766677382015-03-02T14:29:24.398-07:002015-03-02T14:29:24.398-07:00Thanks Sarge. It's kind of a shame how history...Thanks Sarge. It's kind of a shame how history is (mostly) taught these days. Fortunately there's plenty of great history available if you look for it.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-35997702493756441542015-03-02T13:33:17.399-07:002015-03-02T13:33:17.399-07:00Any history course on WWII in the Pacific which le...Any history course on WWII in the Pacific which leaves out the Guadalcanal Campaign is seriously lacking. Perhaps that's just me. Then again the "Canal" was one of the first WWII in the Pacific battles I read about as a kid.<br /><br />Nice post Shaun!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com