# Midway May 1965

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 13, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083 "2012-07-13T03:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![GmaBee66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@GmaBee66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GmaBee66)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083/1 "2012-07-13T03:34:15Z")

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I am looking for Navy persons stationed at Midway during the month of May 1965 when Joan Merriam Smith flew in to refuel before heading to Honolulu…

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083/2 "2012-07-13T03:41:59Z")

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[Moderating]  
Moved to MPSIMS from ATMB.  
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**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083/3 "2012-07-13T13:00:23Z")

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I believe you mean May 1964 during her around the world flight. She died in February of 1965.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-may-1965/628083/4 "2012-07-13T19:26:14Z")

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Here’s a short thread from [2006](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=394863).