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15 quotes by Barney Ross

Barney Ross Statistics Real name Dov-Ber Rasofsky Rated at Lightweight Light Welterweight Welterweight Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Reach 67 in (170 cm) Nationality American Born (1909-12-23)December 23, 1909 New York City Died January 17, 1967(1967-01-17) (aged 57) Chicago, Illinois Stance Orthodox Boxing record Total fights 81 Wins 74 Wins by KO 22 Losses 4 Draws 3 No contests 0 Barney Ross (born Dov-Ber "Beryl"...
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while... →

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We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the... →

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I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.

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I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.

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I'd get a shell, they weighed about 80 pounds I think, but when I was 19 or 20 that was nothing. I'd take a shell and a bag of powder... →

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The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with... →

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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.

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Destroyers did not have chaplains because they were too small.

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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.

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I had been out there long enough. I had not seen my family for four years.

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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.

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We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor.

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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with... →

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