Word: kirks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Captain Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk Navigator...
...Americans who on Aug. 6, 1945, boarded the B-29 bomber with the name Enola Gay painted on its nose would forget little about that long day. They remembered staying up through the night and eating breakfast long before dawn. Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk had pineapple fritters. "I love the damn things," Van Kirk, 84, says today from his home in Stone Mountain, Ga. "I'll never forget the pineapple damn fritters." The Enola Gay left Tinian, in the Marianas chain, at 2:45 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive over Hiroshima, a city at the south...
...crackle of fire coming from burning houses ... people moaning from pain, with eyes popped out and intestines coming out of their stomachs." As the Enola Gay turned south for the long ride home, Yamaoka and her mother headed for a military compound. On the B-29, Van Kirk remembers, "somebody said--and I thought so too--'This war is over...
...Theodore "Dutch" J. Van Kirk, 84 Navigator...
...bums? are: A) now attending Boston College hockey games B) credited with inventing the ?wine cooler? C) opposed to baseball?s drug rules D) seldom invited to Mark Clear?s house. The American League hitter most feared by the Red Sox is: A) Eddie Murray B) Dave Winfield C) Kirk Gibson D) Glenn Hoffman...