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Osborn (Ozzie) Fields served his country in the US Army as a sergeant from 1943 to 1946. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, he enlisted after graduating from high school. “Our family

Was Japan striking again? Heres What You Need to Remember: The accident was deemed was so shocking the Navy instituted a press blackout, and forbade witnesses from speaking about it.  Only a terse statement on May 25 conceded to “some loss of life” and a few lost ships. The board’s recommendation to discontinue nesting ships together to speed up ammunition loading was dismissed by Navy chief Admiral Chester Nimitz, who argued it was “calculated risk that must be accepted.” Flames r...