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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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.Barney Ross
We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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The planes alone would have taken care of us, so I was grateful that we never found them. We were out there searching for 36 hours.
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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.
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I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.
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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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