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Firestorm Hell: A Gunner Describes the Superfortress Raid on Tokyo William Carter, a Gunner aboard a U.S. B-29 bomber, lived through harrowing times during missions against the Japanese. Here's What You Need to Know: The Tokyo fire raid marked the beginning of what became known as the fire blitz. When the Boeing B-29 Superfortress crews poured out of the briefing at North Field, Tinian, on the afternoon of March 9, 1945, they were disgruntled. Some were angry. Sergeant William J. “Reb” Carter, the left blister gunner on a B-29, remembered four words: “Heavy losses are anticipated….�...

12/22/2020 Local families cherish memories of dads as Santa Fred Carter of North Smithfield spent more than four decades playing Santa Claus. Many residents remember him traveling through the town with his horse and buggy to deliver lollipops to the children. NORTH SMITHFIELD – While other children growing up in the 1960s might have bragged that their fathers were firemen or police officers, Ruth Goudreau and her siblings had them beat. For their childhood and much of their adulthood, their father, Fred Carter, was known as the resident neighborhood Santa Claus, driving around North Smithfi...

state since the 1990s. so far that measure is passing with 8% of the precincts voting, 151% yes to 49% no. abc7 news reporter is live in lafayette with the supporters of prop 29 tonight. mark, so far they must be pleased? >> well, so far they are smiling. prop 29 would raise $700 million for cancer research. but opponents tell me it is a flawed law that could send those california tax dollars out-of-state. >> the supporters of proposition 29, including the american cancer society, the american heart association have raised more than $12 million, much of it spent on tv advertising. >>...

But i think that he felt his effectiveness was going to be compromised, that he couldn't carry out the job the way he wanted to do it. >> joining me now is fred carter. fred, does it surprise you that the romney campaign would hire an openly gay staffer two weeks ago and not be able to hold on to him, that the pressure would build to him to this point? >> yeah. i mean, it's a very sad day for this country, that a bigoted bully like brian fisher can force a campaign like mitt romney's who was trying to extend an olive branch with a brilliant appointment of an immensely talented to let him go. i...

Compromised, that he couldn't carry out the job the way he wanted to do it. >> joining me now is fred carter. fred, does it surprise you that the romney campaign would hire an openly gay staffer two weeks ago and not be able to hold on to him, that the pressure would build to him to this point? >> yeah. i mean, it's a very sad day for this country, that a bigoted bully like brian fisher can force a campaign like mitt romney's who was trying to extend an olive branch with a brilliant appointment of an immensely talented to let him go. i'm not sure i buy eric's comment on that. i think that he w...