When we came back into Pearl it was pitch dark, and we could see the fires from the Arizona and the other ships still burning in the harbor.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.Barney Ross
It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.
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Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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