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Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr. joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940, at age 18. He was killed in action during a dogfight December 11, 1941, at age 19.

I always think of you when I'm at the sea. // My love for it is part of what makes me...me. // You shared this gift so long ago, // and now when I need to refresh my soul // it's to the sea, to the sea I go.

The Golden Gate Bridge is the 7th longest suspension span in the world at 4,200 feet. [The longest bridge is the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge over the Akashi-Kaikyo straits in Japan. It is 6,532 feet long.]

For more information about this beautiful bridge, please visit the official site of the Golden Gate Bridge: http://www.goldengatebridge.org.

Paris's Eiffel Tower, built in 1887-89 and named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, is 984 feet high and weighs about 8,000 tons. It is so light for its size that a scale model 1 foot tall would weigh only 0.25 ounces.

Did you know that young salmon always swim downstream tail first?

Many species of salmon can be seen throughout Alaska rivers & streams during the spawning seasons from late spring to fall. Millions of fish return each year and provide a glimpse of nature's life cycle. Frisky, the world's largest goldfish, was very impressed with this postcard!

Destinations along the inside passage include: Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway (Gateway to the Klondike). Juneau is the largest U.S. city in area...it covers 3,108 square miles. [Los Angeles, in contrast, covers only 458.2 square miles.]

Little America is one of several ghost towns around Granger, Wyoming. The scary tales told by the locals are enough to make anyone think twice about spending the night here.

Windsor Castle is an official residence of The Queen of England
and the largest occupied castle in the world.

The Tower of London has been an integral part of British royal history for nearly 1,000 years. The Tower houses the Crown Jewels and was the execution site of three English Queens: Anne Boleyn (1536), Catherine Howard (1542), and Lady Jane Grey (1554)—the so-called "Nine-day Queen".

Outside Buckingham Palace, you can see guardsmen dressed in the bright red uniforms and bearskin hats. More...

The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta and Gibraltar... More...