On Monday, friends and family gathered at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda to celebrate World War II veteran Alfred J. Payne’s 102nd birthday. He’s the last known survivor of the USS Hornet. Alfred served as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate with Fighter Squadron 8 (VF-8) aboard USS Hornet (CV-8), the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier that launched the Doolittle Raiders and was later lost during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. The event also marked the official opening of the muse
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On Monday, friends and family gathered at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda to celebrate World War II veteran Alfred J. Payne’s 102nd birthday. He’s the last known survivor of the USS Hornet. Alfred served as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate with Fighter Squadron 8 (VF-8) aboard USS Hornet (CV-8), the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier that launched the Doolittle Raiders and was later lost during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October 1942. The event also marked the official opening of the muse
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