May 29, 2021, Saturday
The two dogs got out for a walk and some play time. We went over to the Legion building and pulled the hose over to the RV to refill the tanks and afterwards had breakfast.
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I talked with a 75-yeat-old guy who said he also was Vietnam-era, but didn't serve because he had only 10% eyesight in one eye. He agreed with me that the U.S. just wasn't really trying to win the war.
He was born in Scotland and his father was in the Royal Navy and was one of only three survivors of the British Battle Cruiser HMS Hood which was destroyed by the Bismarck.
That would make his father either Bob Tilburn, Ted Briggs or William Dundas. Sadly, I didn't ask his name.
They were the only survivors of the 1, 418-man crew
Able Seaman Bob Tilburn ducked behind a projectile shield before seeing a comrade disemboweled.
Signalman Red Briggs jumped into the water to escape the inferno and prepared to drown but was pushed to the surface.
Midshipman William Dundas was asked to identify the corpse of a fellow sailor but he had no face or hands.
The Hood was once the world's biggest and most powerful warship but became one of Britain's biggest sea tragedies.
Of course, the Speedway Post 500 American Legion has a lot of USS Indianapolis items and pictures. That was certainly another sea tragedy.
--RoadDog
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