my great Uncle Wilt was stationed on battleships before the war broke out . In Dec of 41’ he was a crew member of the U.S.S. Arizona . On Saturday , Dec 6th he got some shore leave and went and found himself a nice little wahine to shack up with downtown and had not returned to the ship by early the next morning. That girl probably saved his life .
He went thru the entire war on this BB or that , ending up in 3rd Fleet and stationed aboard the BB-63 , U.S.S. Missouri . Being from Missouri he was real proud of that! He was one of those guys you see in old photos sitting on every gun and railing and all the masts and turrets in the surrender photos . That’s how he began and ended that war ...
Great story!!