"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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"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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"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."

Duty

"I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years."

Family

"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."

Want

"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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