You must do this now. Theyre patriots who are saving America. Hart: Drew Pearson is arguably the most powerful journalist in the country in this era. 4. I (part I), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. Locked him in. Among the dozens of people killed was a sitting U.S. senator. Maddow: In the hours and days that followed the crash of Trip 19, which killed Minnesota Senator Ernest Lundeen and 24 other people, there were a range of reactions across the country. But he was determined. Here he is with producer Kelsey Desiderio: Kelsey Desiderio: So, obviously we don't know exactly where the plane came down, but do we have any rough idea, in terms of where we're standing, where did it happen? 98 (1914) Movement of the Rudder, General Order No. Lucky for us, the largely forgotten Americans who fought these fights before us, they have stories to tell. WebFlight 19 turned and began to make its way toward the second leg of its exercise, and things took a turn for the strange. Influenza at the United States Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C. Naval Operational History 19802010, New Equation: Chinese Intervention into the Korean War, Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972 by John D. Sherwood, Northern Barrage and Other Mining Activities, Notes on Anti-submarine Defenses ONI Publication No. We seem to be bereft of reason. But ten days after his burial, all hell broke loose over the legacy and death of Senator Lundeen because of another newspaper report: September 13th, 1940. One of the compelling aspects of this story compared to others of ships or aircraft lost in the Bermuda Triangle is that the air stations along eastern Florida were either listening to or in communication with the flight commander Lieutenant Charles Carroll Taylor as the flight was getting lost. On that Saturday morning of the Labor Day weekend, despite the fact that he is so visibly upset, that he is inconsolably crying in his office, the trip is still on. Speculation, but no proof. 56, USS Houston CL81 War Damage Report No. These cards also list other members loss. The full episode transcript for Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra | Episode 1: Trip 19. Part of the file addresses the aircrews status as missing versus being declared dead. Nancy Beck Young: He was on the run for not only his political life, but his actual life. Evidence that Senator Lundeen was involved in a criminal conspiracy, a conspiracy to subvert American democracy on behalf of a hostile foreign power. This was crusading, controversial columnist Drew Pearson. Its powerful stuff. The train crew heard him yelling about 20 miles down the tracks. What do you make of that? 4, USS Pittsburgh, A Forgotten Enemy: PHS's [Public Health Service] Fight Against the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. It might even get him run out of town on a rail again. Then the radio transmissions ended about 6:30 PM that evening with LT Talyor saying that they might have to ditch at sea unless they found land and that when the first plane goes below 10 gallons of fuel, then all will ditch together. 248 (1880) Correct and General Understanding of Signals, General Order No. He wanted to search for the Senator Lundeen gets to work early that day. He's got tears streaming down his face, but all he'll say to her is, I can't talk about it, and, I've gone too far to turn back. She doesn't know what this means. Thats when it nosedived. A/S rescure unit 4 alerted all stations and everything possible was done to get whis flight back safely. The reason for him to be concerned was that there was a good chance the feds were onto him, onto his relationship with that Nazi agent. What could have been happening on board the plane that made her know the plane was "going down?. Flannery: The report is just full of unsupported exploration of possibilities that are, that they have no basis in fact, they have no basis in science, and they just say these things. There was also a more general horror among the public over what up to that point was the single deadliest civilian air crash in U.S history. In a plane crash that, from the very start, was a real mystery. The people should make known their protest. But another thing that Drew Pearson was definitely right about in his reporting was his prediction that the Justice Department was going to deny that Senator Lundeen was under investigation. The two engines of the DC-3 actually had been at wide-open full throttle when the plane slammed into the ground. His secretary asks him what's wrong, he won't explain. Most immediately, in Washington, there was shock and grief from Senator Lundeens colleagues in the capital. 129 (1903) Surplus Provisions, General Order No. And the good people of Minnesota forgave him, apparently. Starting around 3 PM, transmissions from the lost planes began to be received. Maddow: The plane Senator Ernest Lundeen was on crashed in rural Virginia, less than forty miles from where it took off in Washington. 4 h 55 m PREVIOUS ACCIDENT RECORD INJURIES TO PILOT Pilot was member of scheduled, routine day navigation MISSING A flight which took off from NAS FT LAUDERDALE NAME AND RANK OF OTHER PERSONNEL INJ 5 DEC 1945 at 1408. We are not the first generation of Americans to have to contend with such a fundamental threat. He told her hed gone too far and could not turn back. Violence against government targets. What he appears to be is emotionally distraught. Nancy Beck Young: He was on the run for not only his political life, but his actual life. The accident reports for the aircraft can be located in the series titled. Their jobs and possessions. Maddow: It's Saturday, August 31st, 1940. If youre unsure about anything or want to know more, call the ACCC on 1300 303 143. He kept it for himself. Maddow: A newspaper called PM had published an expos describing a scheme in which sitting members of Congress were helping an agent of Hitler's government distribute German propaganda in quantity all over the United States. The five Avengers are filed under VTBM1/L11-1 1945 in Box 5181 and the Mariner is filed under VPBM5/L11-1 1945 in Box 4766. They let him ride in the caboose to the next station. We tried to confirm those reports one way or the other. The microfilmed series is a collection of materials that was eventually used in the Navys Board of Investigation including weather observations, the history of the aircraft and engine logs, a rough crash log, radio station logs, preflight forms, communication logs, incident reports, air/sea rescue plans, maps of the search area. 27, USS Chincoteague AVP24 War Damage Report No. 541 (1920) Standard Nomemclature for Naval Vessels, General Order No. He and his secretary leave the Capitol building. 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A short of list of select filing designations are A17-9 (Naval Courts and Boards), A17-24 (Court of Inquiry), A17-25 (Board of Investigations), L11-1 (Material Loss), the different aircraft types, VTBM1 and VPBM5, and the different naval air stations NA29 - Jacksonville NAS, NA59 - Cocoa and Banana River NAS, and NA106 - Fort Lauderdale NAS. Ernest Lundeen went to Ortonville, Minnesota to give a speech on foreign policy, but this angry crowd turned up and force-marched him out of the venue after he'd only spit out about two sentences of his speech. We still don't know. This is the NBC newsroom in New York. 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He was in tears leading up to that flight, according to his secretary. Monitor and the C.S.S. Something close to confusion over the emerging reports about all these odd circumstances surrounding the crash. In this particular case, a decision was made, based on the evidence on hand, but deferred the final decision to the Board of Investigation to be held later. WebThe last transmission from Flight 19 took place at 19:04 when Lt. Cox was on air communicating with Flight 19, until their signal got weaker. As a, as a recovering federal prosecutor you would throw somebody out of your office if they came in and they said, This is our finding. Really? 1 (1863) Rules to Disseminate General Orders, General Order No. He reported that he came across a charred partially-burned piece of paper lying on the ground about three miles from the scene of the crash. 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Fact finding board of investigation DAMAGE DAMAGE DESCRIPTION & REMARKS has been appointed by CNAADTRA to make a detailed AIRCRAFT X AIRCRAFT & ENGINE LOST AT SEA report and determine the cause of the loos of subj a/c ENGINES RECOMMENDATIONS: Added emphasis is being placed on GEN NATURE E-2 importance of proper navigation & lost plane procedure SPEC TYPE ACC (6) LOST-FUEL EXHAUSTION CO: Concur with report of board. What most people do not know is that Senator Lundeen was under investigation at the time of his death., A G-Man [meaning an FBI agent], a Department of Justice attorney, and an FBI secretary were on the plane with him, and all were killed., The Department of Justice probably will deny that they were shadowing the Minnesota Senator, but the fact is that at least one of them definitely was.". <>>> Maddow: The plane that crashed was a new DC-3. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. The cause of the crash was unclear. 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