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The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something.

~Barney Ross

Topics: Ammunition Breaking Came Cigarette Everything Fear Go Locked Locked Up Locks Mate Might Someone Something Started Up

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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.

~Barney Ross

Topics: Fortunate Harbor Very Were

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We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.

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Topics: Charges Day Depth Dropping Exit Get Got Harbor Know Outside Started Struck Take Why

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We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.

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Topics: Eight Enterprise Force Got Had Islands Marshall Orders Strike Task Three Two

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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.

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Topics: Back Coming Get Got Her Intact Japanese Ourselves Planes Sunk Want Were Word

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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.

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Topics: About Am Attacked Because Did Duty Find Fleet Glad Had Japanese Never Our Six Three Try Us I Am

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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.

~Barney Ross

Topics: Got Injured Lucky Me Nine People Were

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I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.

~Barney Ross

Topics: About Bag Get Gun Nothing Pounds Powder Put Send Shell Take Then Think Up Weighed Would I Think

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I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.

~Barney Ross

Topics: Alone Blue Buoy Deck Destroyer Out Standing Tied Up Were

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I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.

~Barney Ross

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: December 23rd, 1909

Died: January 17th, 1967

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