Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The USS Block Island Story


This was my Grandpa's ship during WWII. It was torpedoed and sank. The survivors were picked up and taken to Casablanca. Grandpa almost never recounted this story to us, but I'll never forget the night he got to talking about it... how his eyes welled up and he fought to hold back the emotion...




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