My father, also a reserve officer, survived the Atlantic hurricane of '44 aboard a jeep carrier. I remember his description nearly six decades later.
Thanks. Great story!
“Combustible, Vulnerable, Expendable”
My late father was on CVE-27 at Leyte Gulf.
Great read.
Thanks
Great story, thanks for posting. Been there. Ran two typhoons in my time in Westpac and it’s simply impossible to describe although this guy did a pretty good job. Footprints on the bulkheads. Strapping in your rack. It’s surreal. Incredibly loud, incredibly violent, and it just goes on and on. Nobody goes topside. Anything loose is broken or lost. And there’s this weird grating rattle when the screws come out of the water that is something I’d just as soon never hear again. Humbling experience.
Never been to sea but that story made me sweat!
Great story. Thanks for posting.
On my only sea voyage, the Pacific lived up to it’s name. I can’t imagine what a crowded troopship would have been like in a storm.
My father, also a reserve officer, survived the Atlantic hurricane of '44 aboard a jeep carrier. I remember his description nearly six decades later.
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Interesting time. Roller coasters just haven't been as exciting ever since.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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I love reading the history of our country of times when we were real united Americans, not like it is now.
Thanks for the post.
Good story!
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I’ve been through a typoon...Not as bad as this one but bad enough. 40 foot swells, over the swell down into the trough!
Scary as hell!