I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.
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I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.Barney Ross
Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
Barney Ross
All destroyers at that time had about 200 men. A destroyer was rough riding, and with the rough weather, the sea can be an enemy too.
Barney Ross
Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.
Barney Ross
We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
Barney Ross
When we were in Pearl, in order to get out of the sun, we always had awnings over the back end of the ship, the stern of the ship.
Barney Ross
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