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To: Jacquerie

My Dad was in that battle on a destroyer. Truly the greatest generation.


2 posted on 06/03/2019 2:34:42 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: MomwithHope

My dad was on the Yorktown during the battle. He abandoned ship when ordered, then went back aboard to help get her underway (he was a machinist mate. Was aboard when she was torpedoed. Back in the water he went. was picked up by a tin can. Spent the rest of the war on the USS West Virginia.


34 posted on 06/03/2019 6:34:48 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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