[X Fretensis]

He passed away in 2010. He enlisted in the Navy in 1940.
His first ship was USS Yorktown CV5. He was on her when she was sunk at Midway. He was reassigned to West Virginia. His first assignment on WEEVEE was to muck mud out of the engine rooms. He told me that during the course of the work they found 8 bodies of sailors killed when she was sunk.

[Boowhoknew]

That's quite a bit of history for 1 man to go through. I regret not having known him. That kind of person, once plentiful, is a rare commodity now days. As a side note, I got to know a man who was on a escort carrier at Leyte Gulf,who survived the kamikaze attack which sank the USS St. Lo, previously named the USS Midway.The Midway name went to a Essex class carrier, and the crew grumbled about bad luck in a name change.He was friends with my parents in the 60s, when our parents all were in their best years I guess. Thanks for the reply.