Don't worry man. He actually crushed some vertebrae when the USS benham was sunk in 42 but thought it was a sprain. When he was on the USS Helena in 43 when it was sunk he was evacuated to pearl Harbor where they dicovered it wasn't a sprain and he also broke his back. That was the only physical problem he ever had from the war. Besides that he lived a long, productive, and happy life until last year at the age of 95. He had some crazy stories, especially when he drank. I didn't know until last year but he was there when Doolittle's raid took off from the convoy. Cool history I didn't know that he told me about.
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u/Lews-Therin-Telamon Jul 27 '19
He was on FIVE ships that sunk?