The Greatest Generation......

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Happy birthday to Hazel MacLennan who worked as an engineer during WW2 and celebrated her 100th birthday this week.
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As the second world war broke out, she became one of the first young women to gain employment as an engineer on the factory floor at James Howden’s engineering works.

During her time there she dealt with a range of aircraft including Sunderland Flying Boats and fins and ailerons for Lancaster Bombers.

“I distinctly remember the night of the Clydebank bombing.

"I spent the night perched on top of a jig, watching terrified as German planes flew overhead", she said.

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Worth noting....today marks the 78th anniversary of the Japan surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri......and the formal end of WWII.

The USS Missouri was at anchor with an impressive armada including 5 aircraft carriers, 12 battleships, 26 cruisers, 116 destroyers and escorts, 12 submarines and 185 other naval vessels. In addition to the American and British ships, there are ships from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands represented in Tokyo Bay to witness the end of World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

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"My first big recipe was shark repellant that I mixed in a bathtub for the Navy, for the men who might get caught in the water."

Before she mastered the art of French cooking, Julia Child cooked up shark repellent while working for the precursor to the CIA as a covert operative during World War II. Sharks kept unintentionally setting off underwater explosives meant for German U-boats — until Child came up with an inventive recipe that saved the day.

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My only nit is her opening comment that Memorial Day is the time to honor those that served. It's actually a day to remember and honor those no longer with us, who served. Good story regardless.........

 
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