Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small. Barney Ross chaplaindestroyersmall Change image and share on social
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 backcomeintact Change image and share on social
It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured. Barney Ross injurekilllucky Change image and share on social
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 chargedaydepth Change image and share on social
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 cruiserdestroyerenterprise Change image and share on social
