News Reports On The Search For The Grunion

Posted on Wednesday 29 August 2007

   Deborah Dicochea wrote:  

I found this on MSNBC powered by MSN Video and thought you might be interested in it.

The headline is: Sons find fallen father’s WWII sub

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Group says it found WWII sub
Akron Beacon Journal, OH - 18 hours ago
By Jim Carney Beacon Journal staff writer The wreckage of the USS Grunion a submarine sunk during World War II with an Akron sailor and 69 others aboard
Wreckage may be missing WW II sub; Akron sailor was among crew Akron Beacon Journal
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HULIQ
USS Grunion: Wreckage of the WWII Submarine Found
HULIQ, NC - Aug 24, 2007
The USS Grunion World War Two submarine has been found after the USS Grunion was lost in July of 1942. It now seems that those relatives of the brave souls
USS Grunion Submarine From World War II Finally Found?
Post Chronicle - Aug 24, 2007
by Mitch Marconi USS Grunion Submarine Found - The USS Grunion, which sank during the second World War with 70 men aboard back in July of 1942,
Sailor’s cousin learns of his disappearance on WWII sub USS Grunion
DetNews.com, MI - Aug 24, 2007
Larish learned today what happened to a second cousin whose sub disappeared in the Bering Sea during World War II: The USS Grunion was discovered Thursday
USS Grunion Found After Being Lost In World War II
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Aug 24, 2007
The USS Grunion was found this week after over 60 years of being lost. The submarine was lost during World War II and had never been seen or heard from
Sunken WWII sub has Billings connection
KPAX-TV, MT - Aug 26, 2007
A crew found the USS Grunion last week off the coast of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands. We spoke with one of the sons and a few Billings men who later fought
A LONG SEARCH FINALLY ENDS: Family of Detroit sailor on sunken
Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 25, 2007
BY KORIE WILKINS The family of a Detroit man killed aboard the USS Grunion when the submarine sank off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II is

Boston Globe
First underwater photos come back from what may be Newton
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 24, 2007
A historic image of the USS Grunion taken during its launch. Note the propeller guard visible above the waterline at the stern.
Sons’ search for hero dad ends beneath Bering Sea
Boston Herald, United States - Aug 24, 2007
For the Abele brothers, Wednesday marked the jubilant, bittersweet end to a five-year search for their father and his WW II submarine, the USS Grunion.
Mystery solved
Ludington Daily News, MI - 6 hours ago
The Flushing woman finally learned Thursday his sub, the USS Grunion, was found at the bottom of the Bering Sea, it’s resting place for 65 years.
Family of missing WWII sailor found
Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 24, 2007
By KORIE WILKINS The search is over for the family of a Detroit sailor who went down with the USS Grunion submarine during World War II.
Sub found, but another mystery lingers
DetNews.com, MI - Aug 23, 2007
The USS Grunion, shown in December 1941, was patrolling the Aleutian Islands on July 31, 1942, when its crew confronted an armed Japanese freighter and the
World War II Submarine Found Off Aleutian Islands
FOX News - Aug 23, 2007
The USS Grunion patrolled the Aleutians during the early months of the war. Her last radio message to the submarine base at Dutch Harbor was on July 30,
Missing sub located
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Aug 23, 2007
A blog entry by John Abele, a son of the USS Grunion’s commander, said they located a submarine, but then lost sight of it. The entry is dated today.
Relative of Mich. man on sunken WWII submarine found
MLive.com, MI - Aug 25, 2007
one of 70 crew members carried to their deaths aboard a World War II submarine has been found, just days after the sunken USS Grunion was discovered.
World War II submarine likely found 65 years after sinking in the
KVIA, TX - Aug 23, 2007
A remote vehicle has captured still pictures and video of what’s believed to be the USS Grunion near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. The Grunion had a crew of 70
History finds resting place
Boston Globe, United States - Aug 25, 2007
By Claire Cummings, Globe Correspondent | August 25, 2007 It’s been an emotional week for relatives of the 70 men who died aboard the USS Grunion during
Montana man among crew members aboard submarine found Wednesday
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck, ND - Aug 24, 2007
The USS Grunion disappeared 65 years ago off the Aleutian Island of Kiska. The Grunion patrolled the Aleutian Islands during the early months of the war.
World War II submarine found 60 years after sinking
Eyewitness News, RI - Aug 23, 2007
The discovery of the USS Grunion ends a 5-year search led by the sons of its commander, Mannert Abele, and may finally shine a light on the mysterious last
Hunt closes in on sunken World War II submarine
Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 24, 2007
BY NAOMI R. PATTON The USS Grunion submarine, sunk during World War II with 70 men on board, including one from Detroit, may have been found this week in  

Vessel Found Likely Sunken Wwii Sub
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 23, 2007
The discovery of the USS Grunion on Wednesday night culminates a five-year search led by the sons of its commander, Mannert Abele, and may finally shine a
Michigan man among crew members aboard submarine found Wednesday
MLive.com, MI - Aug 23, 2007
The discovery of the USS Grunion culminates a five-year search led by the sons of its commander, Mannert Abele, and may answer questions about the last
WWII submarine search leads group to Asheville
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC - Aug 15, 2007
Moore Julis Ledford, a chief yeoman, was one of 70 sailors on the USS Grunion when it disappeared in July 1942 off the Aleutian Islands.
Family happy to hear news of Grunion sailor
DetNews.com, MI - Aug 24, 2007
The USS Grunion was discovered Thursday near the tip of the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. “I thought it was lost to history,” she said.


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