Art Richards He is my uncle on my
mothers side of the family. Server as a
torpedieman on the U.S.S. O'Bannon; the
third ship into tokyo bay after world war
II ended. The first ship was a Destroyer
minesweeper, the U.S.S. Dale the second was
the sister ship to the O'Bannon the U.S.S.
Nicholas. The fourth ship U.S.S Missouri
was laterused to sign the V~J Treaty ending
Japanese aggression. These 3 Destroyers were
all that was left of the original 10 destroyers
in that squadron. |
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