[Mr. Douglas]

I’d venture to say you couldn’t have found a soul in 1945 who gave a sh!t.

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Yep. And it’s not just the year. It’s the event. In fact, it would probably happen today given the same circumstances.

[sparklite2]

I’ll bet you’d also be surprised to know that the sailor’s ship was the USS The Sullivans. Not that this was his ship, but that the author of the article went right to Wiki to find out The Sullivans was a “missile destroyer.” Did you know the Japs had missiles? Me, neither.

Of course, the missile-destroying ship is not the first incarnation of the name The Sullivans. That was the 1945 destroyer, sans missiles, and the home ship of the sailor.