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Really enjoyed the article. My dad served on a destroyer (DD-535) with a fast carrier force during WWII. He shared several interesting stories, one of which was coming topside at sun up and seeing the silhouette of the new Iowa class battle wagons what had rendezvoused with the task force during...

Really well-done piece. My dad served in WWII in the South Pacific on a destroyer that ran with the fast carrier groups. He told me a story of waking up one morning and saw the silhouette of the new Iowa class wagons that had rendezvoused with the group overnight and thought, “That’s it, we’re...