12-08-2023, 01:01 PM
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Re: Remember Pearl Harbor
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Originally Posted by PeterC
My Dad was on a Destroyer Escort DE 368 Cecil J Doyle - docked in Pearl one month after the attack for fuel before continuing battle support across the pacific. His ship was the first on scene to pick up survivors of the USS Indianapolis at wars end.
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