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From the dust of Southern Arizona and the canyons of Old Mexico to the jungles and seas of the South Pacific, the life of Howard Leon Whetten is a testament to how ordinary lives can rise to extraordinary moments. Born into hardship, raised on hard work and faith, Leon stepped from farm fields into the tailgun of a B-24 bomber during World War II.

On his very first bombing mission, fate plunged him and his crew into the midnight waters off the Solomon Islands—an ordeal that tested his courage, his faith, and his will to survive. What followed was not just survival, but a series of miraculous occurances, rescues and providential encounters that defied coincidence.

This is the remarkable story of an ordinary man who lived through extraordinary times, proving that even in the darkest hours, faith, resilience, and unseen hands can turn near tragedy into enduring legacy.

People
Howard Leon Whetten, B-24 Bomber Assistant Radio Operator & Tail Gunner
Keith Mason, 460th Bomb Group Pilot
Abraham Wald, Polish Immigrant & Jewish Mathematician
Russell Brunson
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Army Air Corp
U.S. Naval Intelligence
Japanese
Polish
U.S. Marines
Heavenly Father
Jesus Christ
Mormon
2nd Lieutenant Lord, B-24 Bomber Pilot
2nd Lieutenant Radford, B-24 Bomber co-Pilot
2nd Lieutenant Roark, B-24 Bomber Navigator
2nd Lieutenant Potter, B-24 Bomber Bombadier
Ed Semick, B-24 Bomber Engineer & Nose Turret Gunner
Robert Chapman (Chappy), B-24 Bomber Radio Operator
Claude Meyers, B-24 Bomber Side Gunner
Harold Ewing, B-24 Bomber Side Gunner
Kenneth Winham, B-24 Bomber Gunner
Frankenstein
Orson Wells
Jack Benny, The Jello Program
Bob Hope, Pepsodent Show

Locations
Arizona
Mexico
New Mexico
Pearl Harbor
Columbia University
Eastern Europe 
Poland
South Pacific
Guadalcanal 
Henderson Field, Guadalcanal 
Kukum Field, Guadalcanal 
Bougainville Island
Honiara Golf Course
Japan
Lunga Point, Guadalcanal 
Solomon Islands
United States of America 

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