Quote:
Originally Posted by wdfifteen
My dad tells of his job when he was on the ship on the way home from fighting in the Phillippines in 1945. They transferred him and a bunch of other guys to a ship that was on its way to the Phillippines loaded with fuel, trucks, Jeeps, airplane parts, etc. Their job was to help throw it all overboard in the middle of the Pacific.
|
My brother in law was on the Enterprise when we were exiting Vietnam. Same story - everything overboard. The flight deck and all lower storage decks were full to capacity when they left, and empty when they made it to Hawaii.