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| Your name: (required) | DALLAS JONES E-MAIL PEGNDAL@SCHOOLLINK.NET | Location: (optional) | HALIFAX NC |
| Subject: (required) | Re: Anyone know my dad - William J. Camp Jr. | Date: | Saturday, 12/23/2006 12:05 PM PST |
| Message: | WILLIAM --I -KNEW SPEEDBALL WHENI REPORTED TOVP-11IN JAURARY 1941, HE WAS A 3rd CLASS RAIDIOMAN(AVIATION PILOT) (AP).ALTHO HE WAS THE LOWEST RANKING PILOT HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST,OFFICER OR ENLISTED,FOR THAT REASON HE WAS THE AP ASSIGNED TOP THE SKIPPERS CREW.WHEN THE WAR STARTED MOST OF THE ENLISTED PILOTS WERE OFFERED ENSIGN.SPEEDBALL REFUSED ANYTHING LESSTHAN LTjgWHICH HE WAS GIVEN,I OFTEN WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM .SURPRISED HE DID NOT STAY IN TO RETIRE.HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST PILOTS I KNEW IN MY 20 YEARS IN THE NAVY.WHAT DID HE DO AFTER THE NAVY? THANKS DALLAS JONES | ||