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In Memory of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
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<blockquote data-quote="briarcreekguy" data-source="post: 2356435" data-attributes="member: 16975"><p>My Grandad wasn't at Pear Harbor, but joined the Navy after the event. He was assigned to the Destroyer Escort, the USS Raymond. They fought in the South Pacific. He was aboard his ship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and was one of the ships ordered to attack the Japanese fleet, while the rest of battle group attempted to steam away. He said that the ships commander got on the PA and basically told them it was a suicide mission. They charged the Japanese fleet and eventually fired all their ammo on board. They miraculously were able to escape. He lived to a ripe old age, and never really told many details of the battles he was in. After he passed away a few years ago, I purchased a book about the battle of Leyte, called The last stand of the Tin Can Sailors. It gives a sense of how dire the situation was. I can't imagine being a young kid, half way around the world from rural Oklahoma, doing what they did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="briarcreekguy, post: 2356435, member: 16975"] My Grandad wasn't at Pear Harbor, but joined the Navy after the event. He was assigned to the Destroyer Escort, the USS Raymond. They fought in the South Pacific. He was aboard his ship at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and was one of the ships ordered to attack the Japanese fleet, while the rest of battle group attempted to steam away. He said that the ships commander got on the PA and basically told them it was a suicide mission. They charged the Japanese fleet and eventually fired all their ammo on board. They miraculously were able to escape. He lived to a ripe old age, and never really told many details of the battles he was in. After he passed away a few years ago, I purchased a book about the battle of Leyte, called The last stand of the Tin Can Sailors. It gives a sense of how dire the situation was. I can't imagine being a young kid, half way around the world from rural Oklahoma, doing what they did. [/QUOTE]
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