War Stories
June, 1985
I remember your dad," said one of the survivors of the U.S.S. Longshaw, introducing himself, pumping my arm. We were at a hotel outside Philadelphia along with 20 or so of his shipmates and their wives, who had gathered after almost 40 years for a first reunion since their destroyer had been blown from under them and sunk off the coast of Okinawa Jima in May 1945. These were the lucky boys. There had been a crew of about 275 aboard the Longshaw that day, and 86 of them were killed, includin...
