Recently this little bit of family heirloom was discovered and shared with me over Thanksgiving, and I thought it was interesting enough that it warranted sharing.

Back during World War II my grandfather Aaron Horn was injured severely when his ship went down off the coast of Salerno, Italy, during the Allied_invasion_of_Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy) and he really didn't share all that much with me since I was very young and he passed away before I was 12 years old. I still remember making fun of the "donut" he used to sit on every day, and how at the beach house seeing him in his bathing suit how his thighs and neck looked all patched together, but never really got to find out how or why. So now I know ... the PDF link below is a transcript of a radio interview my grandfather gave while in the navy hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.

www.chadhorn.net/misc/achorn.pdf

To fill in the rest of the story, he never made it back to Texas but ended up settling in Philly after marrying my grandmother ("that little girl in Philadelphia") after the war. My grandfather eventually died of lung cancer, probably partially due to his injuries, many years later. Buddy, his brother, ended up going back to Texas safe and uninjured and didn't pass away until a few years ago.

That was a REALLY cool article to read, coming from a Navy family it was cool hearing about things my grandfather talked about too. Thank you for sharing this.

BTW did he ever get into diesel engines?

I am glad they shared this with you.

That was a very cool read. thanks for sharing.

Thank you for sharing that.

Wow, that really was a great read. Can't even imagine what it would have been like to have a bomb come in through the galley like that. Thanks for sharing Kel!

Yes, a very interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

Glad you all liked it. Its certainly something we never expected to be reading, my dad especially got a kick out of it.

And actually no, he never got into Diesel but rather stayed in Philadelphia to raise a family and got his degree in accounting.