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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.
Barney Ross |
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Author Details: Type: Athlete Quotes Category: American Athlete Quotes Date of Birth: December 23, 1909 Date of Death: January 17, 1967 Nationality: American Amazon: Barney Ross on Amazon |
Related Authors: Michael Jordan Yogi Berra Muhammad Ali Tiger Woods Lance Armstrong Jack LaLanne Kobe Bryant Steve Prefontaine Jackie Robinson |
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Select Barney Ross Quotations:
I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.
Barney Ross 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. Barney Ross After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war. Barney Ross 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 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. Barney Ross 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 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. Barney Ross |
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Quote Keywords: Back, Coming, Get, Got, Her, Intact, Japanese, Ourselves, Planes, Sunk, Want, Were, Word |
Dictionary Links: Back, Coming, Get, Got, Her, Intact, Japanese, Ourselves, Sunk, Want, Were, Word |
All Barney Ross Quotations: After the atomic bombs were dropped... All we had aboard the ship... Destroyers did not have chaplains because... Everything was black in the harbor... I had been out there long... I was 20 years old at... I was standing on the deck... I'd get a shell, they weighed... It was lucky for me. It... Our duty was to try and... The gunner's mate came up and... They got word that the Japanese... We got orders to strike the... We managed to get underway, and... We were very fortunate that the... |
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