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[QUOTE="WoodsRider, post: 216739, member: 16545"] My father joined the U.S. Navy on December 8, 1941. After basic training he was sent back to Camden, New Jersey where a cargo vessel was nearing completion of conversion into a CVL (Carrier Vessel - Light) and commissioned as the USS Belleau Wood. My father was a seaman stationed aboard the Belleau as an aircraft arresting gear operator. In June of '44, during a battle at sea, he injured his knee. The injury required extensive surgery so he was transferred stateside and later trained others to operate aircraft arresting gear in Philadelphia. One month after he was transferred off the Belleau a kamikaze pilot struck the deck near the stern. The seaman who took my father's place was killed instantly. Every year since 1992, the 50th anniversary of the USS Belleau Wood's commission, he and the remainder of his shipmates gather for an annual reunion somewhere in the United States. [/QUOTE]
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