Barney Ross
Barney Ross
Barney Rosswas an American professional boxer. Ross became a world champion in three weight divisions and was a decorated veteran of World War II...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth23 December 1909
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
gun thinking shells
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, I'd put it in the hoist and then I would send it up to the gun.
war bombs tokyo
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 they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
american-athlete order stern
When we were in Pearl, in order to get out of the sun, we always had awnings over the back end of the ship, the stern of the ship.
american-athlete battle
I did not really know what to do. The searchlight was my battle station, but there was no need to be on a searchlight at 7:55 in the morning.
allowed american-athlete crew shore weekend
Two-thirds of the crew was allowed to go to the shore because they had weekend passes. The only ones aboard were those who had the duty.
alone american-athlete care found grateful planes searching taken
The planes alone would have taken care of us, so I was grateful that we never found them. We were out there searching for 36 hours.
american-athlete credit credited four japanese knocking planes submarines
There were Japanese submarines out there, and we got credit for two of them and credited for knocking down four planes on our way out.
american-athlete beginning neglected obsolete oil supplies
They neglected to get our oil supplies and our submarines. The battleships they did get were beginning to become obsolete anyway.
american-athlete destroyer enemy rough sea time
All destroyers at that time had about 200 men. A destroyer was rough riding, and with the rough weather, the sea can be an enemy too.