USAT Honda Knot

USAT Honda Knot sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay, 10 October 1947. Honda Knot, with 3,012 World War II deceased service members for reburial in US cemeteries, including many from the CBI. Much appreciation to NavSource.org for image and information.

S/Sgt Martin S. Waite (ASN 20323598) and 10 other men were lost on a 'routine' flight from Lingling Airbase (in Hunan province) for a short flight to a base at Guilin (in adjacent Guangxi province) on the late afternoon of 28 May 1944, departing during weather conditions 'overcast with thunderstorms.' The Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) lists the cause of...