[Lonesome in Massachussets]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Cobra_%281944%29#Investigation

Bitterly remembered by some veterans as Halsey’s Typhoon.

[PeterPrinciple]

Halsey’s Typhoon

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I have an interest in Iwo Jima, because of an uncle who was injured there. Some of the references make note that because of this typhoon a weather station was set up at Iwo Jima after it was taken.

[PeterPrinciple]

Here is an audio by survivors. at the bottom is it doesn’t start automatically.

http://www.patriotwatch.com/typhoon.htm

[PeterPrinciple]

Transcript here:

“The suddenness of the disaster is what surprised us. Before her final roll, the ship seemed to have gone over just as far as she did when she went over on her side. Before the final roll there were 40 or 50 of us in the after gun shelter. We stopped work and hung on. We began to get scared.

All of us were praying like we never prayed before, some of us out loud, too. The man next to me kept repeating on each roll “Don’t let us down now, Dear Lord. Bring it back, Oh God, bring it back.” We all felt the same way, and soon a few of the guys joined in. Then was when we came back we’d chant, “Thanks Dear Lord.” The next thing we knew we were on our side.