
Originally Posted by
Bilgerat
The Tarawa (CV 40) was the ship my Da was on in WWII
This USS Tarawa was LHA-1. Comparatively speaking, we had just returned on the USS Boxer (LHD-4), one of the newest in class at the time. Having been out previously on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), I wasn't near as shocked as the troops. At least the boiler didn't break down on the Tarawa like it did on the Peleliu. In the middle of the Indian Ocean.
THAT was fun
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke