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Personal trivia: my much older brother served on this ship’s great grandfather in the South Pacific during WWII, the USS Comfort. It was hit by a kamikaze pilot on April 6, 1945. The plane crashed through three decks exploding in surgery which was filled with medical personnel and patients. Casualties were 28 killed (including six nurses), and 48 wounded, with considerable damage to the ship.
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How awful.
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Yes, it was. My brother was 19 at the time, and it made a big impression on him. He enlisted at 17, can you imagine?
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So did my father. He had to have his parents’ sign for him. He said they sent him home telling him to get a bad tooth filled, and to get a toothbrush and a pair of shoes. He said that was why he wanted to go into the Navy, he didn’t have the money for those things. He went back and they had a dentist give him a temporary filling (which he still had when he died), found a pair of shoes for him and a toothbrush. And, he was in the Navy. When Pearl Harbor happened, they had just gotten married and he reenlisted. He spent a long time on a tuna boat. I just realized how my mother must have suffered hearing that the tuna boat fleet was being sunk and not knowing what was happening to him.
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My mother signed for my brother too, but it was after the war was underway. He was first assigned to the Aleutian islands on a smaller boat of some kind and had awful seasickness.
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My father told us funny stories about his time on the tuna boat. He never rold us that most of the tuna fleet was sunk.
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My uncle served in the Aleutians also during the war.
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I was glad Pres. Trump went to see the ship off. He felt it was an important job they were doing and he wanted to show he felt that way.
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Respect and leadership beyond words.
LOVE me MY President Trump !
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