The Greatest generation.
My father served on the USS Yorktown CV-5 from Dec 1940 until she was sunk at Midway. As an engineer, he was ordered back aboard her after Capt. Buckmeister (sic) realized she might be saved after her initial abandonment.
He was in #2 engine room when she was fatally wounded by torpedoes from a Japanese submarine. He spent the rest of WWII onboard the USS West Virginia BB-48.