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To: SAMWolf
Thanks SAM.

Speaking of WAVES and the Missouri


USS Missouri (BB-63) Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin exiting the rear door of a 5"/38 twin gun mount, while touring the ship in an east coast port during Missouri's shakedown period, circa August 1944.

302 posted on 11/11/2003 1:28:52 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
Now why do I know that most of the crew was just standing outside that gunmount knowing there was always a wind blowing around it?
303 posted on 11/11/2003 1:30:16 PM PST by SAMWolf (Everyone hates me because I'm paranoid.)
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