Leo Latlip
Leo Latlip
land months saw sea six tree
In the six months at sea we never saw a tree or land.
destroyer imagined saw several
I saw one destroyer go down and not come up. I saw several go down and never imagined that they would come up but they were well-buttoned up.
although drink father left name nice spoke sure
He always left a nice drink for me. He was just like a father to me, although he never spoke my name and I'm sure he didn't know my name.
business closed eyes knocked
I had closed my eyes and it kind of bounced off us. That knocked us out of business.
ammunition box broke couple feet good ranks side spot table tried
We were on the starboard side in formation. When we broke ranks I tried to find a good spot and I jumped up on an ammunition box with a couple of other guys. We were not more than 35 feet from the table where we were.