Captain Name:Ray Green
Command:USS Tambor
Base:Pearl
December 7 What A Day!!Was Just Sitting Down In The Ward Room With A Cup Of Fresh Joe And A Cigarette When We Heard The Planes The Machine Gun Fire And Explosions,Springing Up I Run Up To The Bridge Just In Time To See A Torpedo Explosion Against The West Virgina Calling General Quarters
The Men Of The Tambor Rush To Their Stations Planes Flying By So Low You Could See The Pilots And Their Smiles And The Meat Balls On The Planes
Our Machine Gun Goes Into Action As Some Of The Planes Goes By,One Plane Blows Out Black Smoke As Our Rounds Finds The Mark Smashing Hard Into The Harbor The Plane Sinks Then A Massive Exposion Fireball High In The Air Parts Of The Arizona And Bodies Of Men Flying High In The Air
Black Smoke Fill The Sky Later That Night Got Our Orders To Depart December 8 For Bungo Straights.
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I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.
Audie Murphy
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