Baby Sister’s Speech at Katy Depot
Click link below to read Baby Sister’s (Wilma Juanita Carr Rush) Speech on the installation of the model of the USS Carr at the Katy Depot. The date was May 21, 1994.
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Things They Buried by James Hornfischer
The Wall Street Journal
MAY 28, 2011
Things They Buried
By JAMES D. HORNFISCHER
Bob Hagen knew the worst of battle while serving on destroyers in the Pacific during World War II. He saw action at Guadalcanal. He was the gunnery officer on the USS Johnston when it was hit hard in the Battle Off Samar near the Philippines on October 25, 1944. For two hours he directed the ship’s main guns, firing gamely at an (more…)
Update/Request on book about ship Uncle Paul served on
The Subject line of this e-mail from John Wukovits, author, was Memorial Day:
Mike:
My thoughts are certainly with you and your family on this day. I hope that the nation never forgets the courageous deeds performed by young men—almost boys, really—Paul. He and the other members of the crew crafted quite a tale in October 1944. (more…)