Comments on: USS William D. Porter: The U.S. Navy Destroyer’s Service in World War II http://www.historynet.com/uss-william-d-porter-the-us-navy-destroyers-service-in-world-war-ii.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:14:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: paul http://www.historynet.com/uss-william-d-porter-the-us-navy-destroyers-service-in-world-war-ii.htm/comment-page-1#comment-130789 paul Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:28:29 +0000 #comment-130789 "Once Iowa came back into formation, Walter could see that the battleship’s guns were trained on the destroyer that had just fired on the president." I just find it so funny... “Once Iowa came back into formation, Walter could see that the battleship’s guns were trained on the destroyer that had just fired on the president.”

I just find it so funny…

]]> By: Bruce Hudson http://www.historynet.com/uss-william-d-porter-the-us-navy-destroyers-service-in-world-war-ii.htm/comment-page-1#comment-124861 Bruce Hudson Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:47:29 +0000 #comment-124861 My father was one of those young officers aboard and NEVER spoke of THE incident. I learned of it on the History Channel shortly before he past away last year. Bedridden and barely able to communicate, when asked about it he just said "OH yeah, that was a real big deal" and smiled sheepishly. Sometimes I begrudged him for being so carefull and measured, but now I understand a little better. Love you Dad. My father was one of those young officers aboard and NEVER spoke of THE incident. I learned of it on the History Channel shortly before he past away last year. Bedridden and barely able to communicate, when asked about it he just said “OH yeah, that was a real big deal” and smiled sheepishly.
Sometimes I begrudged him for being so carefull and measured, but now I understand a little better. Love you Dad.

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