Continuing with the article about Robert Coyne on the USS Hull during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
"Three of them came down on us, the first one hit the Dobbin and killed all the gun crew. The next one lifted from the stern and out into the water and the third one crashed after on the beach.
The battleship USS Nevada got underway. "We got underway, too. And we were lucky because we got out." No one was killed or wounded.
The Hull cleared Pearl Harbor at noon and went looking for Japanese ships. The ship returned to Pearl two days later and fires were still burning and smoke was everywhere.
Mr. Coyne left the Navy as a lieutenant.
Last year, he visited San Diego and visited with Archie Deyerke, one of his closest buddies who served with him at Pearl Harbor. He also met another friend, Pat Douhon, 89.
The Greatest generation. --DaCoot
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