Phrase by 'Barney Ross'

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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Everything , Black , Some , Still


The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Everything , Fear , Someone , Cigarette


We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Were , Very , Fortunate , Harbor


We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Know , Day , Why , Outside


We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Three , Two , Strike , Force


They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Want , Back , Get , Her


Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Never , I Am , Try , Duty


It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Me , People , Lucky , Got


I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Nothing , Think , Gun , Bag


I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.

Author: Barney Ross - American Athlete
  Up , Alone , Blue , Standing


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