Wasn’t he one of the few men that were on a conning tower on the Arizona and another ship tossed him a line to get out of the inferno?
He want one of those, but he was good friends with the late Lauren Bruner, who was one of those fellows. The late Joe George of the USS Vestal was awarded the Bronze Star for throwing that life line. We were so honored that Mr George’s family sent my son a challenge coin to recognize his making the linked video