...Alaska. The majority of relay drivers across the interior were Athabaskans. The first musher in the relay was "Wild Bill" Shannon, who was handed the 20-pound package at the train station at 9 p.m. Jan. 27. Despite a temperature of minus...
...month-long trans-Atlantic voyage that the Coast Guard warned was too dangerous to attempt. "Bravery is ageless," Bill Shannon, a veteran from Fort Worth, Texas, said as the naval vessel LST-325 arrived to a celebration. The 29-member...
...month-long trans-Atlantic voyage that the Coast Guard warned was too dangerous to attempt. "Bravery is ageless," Bill Shannon, a veteran from Fort Worth, Texas, said as the naval vessel LST-325 arrived to a celebration. The 29-member...
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