A Wreath From Kentucky
p. 27 · Read in the full issue
A LOUISVILLE (Kentucky) coalminer named David Wallen is about to set off on. a walk to Los Angeles, en route to Guadalcanal. With him there goes a metal wreath, carrying one flower for each of the 690 American servicemen who lost their lives when the American cruiser Juneau was sunk in the Solo mons in 1942. Mr. Wallen’s son was one of the 690. His wife will join him in Los Angeles; and, according to him, they “somehow” will get across the Pacific to Gaudalcanal, where they will drop their wreath in the approximate spot where the warship was lost. He told reporters he was “leaving the details of the journey to the Lord—He will find a way.”