Churchill’s War Diary of General H H ‘Hap’ Arnold in the Library of Congress, Washington DC We invite comments, corrections, and expansions. This material has been optically scanned and may contain characteristic OCR transcription errors.
Please give date of entry referred to. [ comment ] Library of Congress, H Arnold papers, Box #272 Diary of General H H ‘Hap’ Arnold [ diary 1944 | diary March 1945 | diary July 1945 ] 1945 TERMINAL CONFERENCE July 10, 1945 — July 30, 1945 July 10, 1945 Trip delayed by thunder storms until T. O. time of 12:00 midnight. A cold front along course with thunderstorms. July 11, 1945 Took-off at 11:30 P.M. for Mingan, 1,026 miles from Washington.
ARGONAUT IV normal crew with Dice, Skipper. General Marshall, General Hull, General Norstad, General Cabell, General Jamison, Colonel Husk, Captain Shepley, Major Sheffield, and yours truly. Arrived Mingan at 4:20 A.M. Everyone up at 4:00 — not much sleep. Met at plane by Colonel “Pop” E. P. Kern. Breakfast at club — dressed for fishing at Kern’s house. Weather good. Auto to town of 300 people and then up Mingan River in canoe with outboard.
One hour up river to Lodge on Island where falls is located — $l,000.00 per rod for fishing. We did not get a strike, although it was an excellent pool at bottom of falls and Salmon jumping all around.