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Years Served: 1952-1954…Went aboard the Bache in September, 1952 in Norfolk after Radar School.

Years Served: 1944-1946…I WAS ELECTRICTION MATE 3RD CLASS,19 YEARS OLD..STARTED OUT IN THE ENGINE ROOM ELECTRICAL DISTIBUTION BOARD LATER IC ELECT. I USED TO SHOW ALL THE MOVIES IN OFFICERS MESS AND IN THE CREWS MESS HALL.(GOT A DOLLAR FOR EACH SHOWING !!!).MY GQ STATION WAS ON THE 20 MM GUNS ON THE FAN TAIL..WE WERE IN THE IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA INVASION LATER SENT ON PICKET DUTY NORTH OF OKINAWA. AND WAS HIT BY TWO KAMIKAZES THE LATER WAS ON MOTHERS DAY MAY 13 1945. AS I REMEMBER WE HAD 43 DEAD AND OVER 50 WOUNDED .WE BURIED OUR DEAD ON OKINAWA AND LEFT FOR HOME WITH THE HOLE IN OUR MIDSHIPS WELDED CLOSED..ENTERED BROOKLYN NAVY YARD FOR REPAIRS AND DOWN TO CHARLSTON NORTH CAROLINA TO PUT THE USS BACHE IN MOTHBALLS.

Years Served: 52-56…I signed up before, but am doing it again. :)

Years Served: 1964 to 1966…any old shipmates out there