The Splice of Moments
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On December 1943 we embarked from Oran, Algeria in a convoy to India. All my baggage was on the "Rhona" for I was the last cutoff alphabetically and had to switch to the "Egra." En route, in the Mediterranean Sea we were attacked by German dive-bombers who scored a direct hit just above the water line on the "Rhona" and sunk it. The secret remains to this day that the worst disaster involving American forces at sea in our history was the sinking of the troop ship "Rhona" with the loss of over 1200 men. I guess I fell in love with Sylvia from our first date when I took her roller-skating. The ‘Flying Tigers’ were stationed at Chikiang in Central China directly next to the Japanese fighter camp. We never lost an air battle. Ironically the Japanese eventually surrendered to the Chinese at the location, Chikiang, China.
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To survive the forthcoming holocaust in Poland, his scholarly gentle father is convinced by his iron-willed mother to escape to that "golden land" of America. The youngest of four sons, Zalman (Sol), only four years old, begins a lifelong adventure of eight decades, from Poland to the United States before World War II - thereafter in World War II in North Africa, Pakistan, India, and China as a "Flying Tiger," with experiences of lifelong duration. Life continues with sixty years of marriage to Sylvia, four children, fifteen grandchildren, and extended family. Congruent professions dovetail that of a Hebrew scholar, and world pigment/color expert for automotive coatings - deepening the arts, intelligence and wisdom to bequeath to posterity. This autobiography uniquely mirrors the passion and longing for existence with purpose - the pursuit of God's gift of life.
About the Author
An internationally acclaimed expert in ‘automotive color’ and inventor, a member of the "Flying Tigers" in World War II, and Hebrew Scholar and historian. Sol Panush is the author of Automotive Color and Pigments (first and second editions), The Theology of Color – Color in the Bible, Berenice - Queen of Israel, David - King of Israel, and many other U.S. and international articles and publications. Sylvia and Sol Panush have been married for 60 years and have 15 grandchildren. They live in Farmington Hills, Michigan.