Unfortunately, when the bomb hit, the flight deck was full of torpedo planes, fully loaded and ready for take off. He remembers seeing men burned over most of their bodies. Others were crying.
The ship's commander, and later admiral, John Hoskins, lost his leg.
National Geographic magazine had an article about the Princeton in the August 1945, Vol. 88 #2.
It was really an honor to get to talk to a hero like Mr. Zelent and I sure could have spent longer, but I wanted others to get an opportunity as well.
The Greatest Generation.
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