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I knew a log truck driver, B.J. MacDonald. He served on the destroyer Tucker, which was undamaged on 7 December. Ironically, it was sunk by a mine later. One of our mines. They had not been informed of the recently laid minefield.

B.J. often talked about both events in coffee shop conversations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tucker_(DD-374)
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