Wow you're old. My Grandpa (now deceased) was fortunate enough to transfer off USS Morris (DD 417), a destroyer escort in the South Pacific, just a week or two before a direct hit from kamikaze took out bridge and wardroom and killed/wounded most of the officers (Grandpa was LT Killion then, his General Quarters post was at the main battery, a five inch gun). Ship remained afloat but was later scrapped.
http://www.destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/warhistory417.html Here's the page for BUSH - it looks like somebody spent a lot of time putting it together, cool pictures and deck log excerpts: http://www.ussbush.com/ Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD 334k miles (Off with the head!) '95 E300 283k miles (daily driving duties) '73 Balboa 20 (High & dry until the head is back on) Charleston SC ________________________________ From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 7:39:31 PM Subject: [MBZ] OT Ship sunk today On this day in 1945 the USS Bush DD-529, launched 27 Oct 1942 sunk after taking hits from 3 kamikaze planes. My uncle was one of few who survived, floating in a life raft for quite some time with dead shipmates. My uncle is a really cool guy and funny as hell. He was a shop teacher like forever, and took no shit (oops, shouldn't say that should I) from any kid, and set quite a few straight as to how life was and how it worked and how they should behave. My dad mentioned this a time or two, but never any details, and I have never heard my uncle speak of it. --R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
