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To: texanyankee

Thought the destroyer was the Hammann (sp?)


15 posted on 09/17/2012 6:48:04 AM PDT by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: Dilbert56
"Thought the destroyer was the Hammann (sp?)"

You're probably right. We still have the documentary on our DVR - so I reviewed it again and one of the veterans stated that the USS Morris was at the Battle of Midway and was there when the Yorktown got hit. However, he went on to say that the Hammond stayed behind with the Yorktown when both of them got torpedoed by a Jap sub.

So I presume the destroyer in the pic was the Hammond and not the Morris.

18 posted on 09/17/2012 12:51:51 PM PDT by texanyankee
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Obviously I got confused about the USS Morris and it’s participation in the Pacific Theatre.

The USS Morris was there at the Battle of the Coral Sea with the USS Lexington and took on her sailors that had to abandon ship. She was also at the Battle of Midway and witnessed the attack on the USS Yorktown, but it appears the Morris left with our flotilla prior to the Yorktown’s sinking.


20 posted on 09/17/2012 1:28:47 PM PDT by texanyankee
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