From the Dec. 6, 2012, Florida News-Press.
BILL RANEY, 90, of Fort Myers was on the USS Sacramento.
RUSSEL WINSETT, 92, was on the USS Pennsylvania and was a 21-year-old 3rd class gunnery mate. He'd just finished breakfast and dressed to visit his Hawaiian cousin for a tour of the island.
He found himself 50-feet above the deck firing a .50 caliber machine gun. "I was not so scared until it was all over. Then I was shaking like a you-know-what." The Pennsylvania suffered 24 killed, 14 MIA and 38 wounded.
According to Winsett, the Pennsylvania fired more rounds at the Japanese than any ship that day. He later fought at Bougainville, Okinawa and Iwo Jima.
GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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