tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826759226389627559.post8475513149572970203..comments2023-12-07T10:50:08.561-06:00Comments on IrishAmericanJournal.com: Fr. Joseph Timothy O’Callahan, SJ and the Medal of HonorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826759226389627559.post-30625487464909721832021-03-16T16:58:33.535-05:002021-03-16T16:58:33.535-05:00This is very poignant. my father, also from the R...This is very poignant. my father, also from the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston,a second generation Irish/American himself, served as a Chief Gunners Mate on the Tanker, the USS Kaskaskia, and was present at Okinawa in the harbor when a Kamakazi skipped over his ship and sank a Destroyer. He told me that his shio was "riding high", filled only with fumes, and was avoided by the pilot because it was not a warship. He said if they'd been struck the whole harbor would have gone up. This was the ONLY harrowing tale he would tell his kids of his 4 years fighting in the South Pacific. The rest were light-hearted stories with humorous endings. HIs greatest piece of advice-The sooner you turn disaster into laughter, the longer you'll live. He went to 91. A generation of warriors, Gaellic Warriors.Ajax59https://www.blogger.com/profile/00935255786703413387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826759226389627559.post-70091462255130104872019-05-10T18:44:38.698-05:002019-05-10T18:44:38.698-05:00TRIVIA American carriers used wooden flight decks....TRIVIA American carriers used wooden flight decks. Easy for bombs to penetrate to lower decks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202366463291704383noreply@blogger.com