We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.
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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
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 was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.
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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.
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They neglected to get our oil supplies and our submarines. The battleships they did get were beginning to become obsolete anyway.
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