KIDD Keynotes - Nightmare Off Okinawa: USS KIDD Encounters Kamikaze Warfare
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
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Without a doubt, this is the best talk I've seen in a very long time. Thanks so much for doing this.
Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it. We have another KIDD Keynotes under editing right now, so stay tuned!
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 I'll definitely be looking for it. I live in the area and actually work about 10 blocks from the Kidd, I'm planning on coming to visit again soon.
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Great video and information. Thank you.
Thank you, William! We appreciate our longtime viewers. :)
Fair Winds and Following Seas to Fallen Comrades.
My grandfather was John Franks, although the website has him listed as John R Frank. He was wounded during the kamikaze attack. Does anyone know where/how i might be able to find out more on his service and possibly what his duties were aboard the ship? He passed away in about 1992 i think. I was just barely a toddler.
You need to obtain his Form DD214 from the Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. You do so via the National Archives website at www.nara.gov.
The crew roster lists him as a Seaman 2nd class. That rating could've been anywhere. It's basically what most sailors start out with before specializing in a particular skilled area (i.e. Boatswain, Radarman, Shipfitter, Electrician, etc.). So, what his duty station and battle station was is anybody's guess without more information.
The roster also shows him aboard KIDD from May to August 1945, after the attack. The roster is based off the ship's muster rolls. But we've seen errors or omissions there before. The DD214 would clear that up.
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 awesome and thank you for the information! My mom said he definitely had shrapnel wounds all up and down his body. I will definitely have to check into it. I need to come visit the museum. I pass by it quite often on my trucking travels.
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Professor Nesmith hello Clarice I'm having and old friend for dinner with some fava beans and a fine cleonte. Silence of the lambs.
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My grandfather is C.Dave Taylor or cheif taylor I found this very enlightening I had always heard that he was on a ship that got hit by a kamikaze now I know exactly what happened and what part he played in it I can't express how happy I am about that I was very young when he passed and barely rember him and have always been curious about his time in the navy
Please email Tim at Tnessmith@usskidd.com.