From the Oct. 9th Houston Chronicle "Crew walks USS Texas deck again" by Taylor McGilvray.
Five former Texas crew members attended a reunion held aboard the battleship memorial near Houston this past weekend. The Texas is one of just six US Navy ships still around that served in both World Wars. (Unfortunately, the article did not say what the other five were.)
During its service, however, the ship only was hit twice. John Eddleman, 89, remembers the second hit on the navigation deck which killed the navigator and injured Emil Saul, "I was standing about four feet away from (Saul)." he and others gave Saul morphine and bandaged him up. He was later transported back to the US and 52 operations later, is still alive.
Five World War II crew members returned October 8th for a ceremony. A short speech was given on the life of the ship's captain, Charles Baker.
More to Come. --DaCoot
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