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EPISODE · Jan 17, 2025 · 27 MIN

Episode 2 World Set Afire - John McGoran's Day of Infamy aboard the USS California

from Always Remember - World War II Through Veterans’ Eyes · host Dr. John David Ulferts

As he looked into the USS California's CL compartment located on the ship's lower level, John McGoran "...saw pure horror, my first realization that the game was now for keeps.  I saw bodies, many bodies, some of which I knew, just by their eyes, were lifeless."  Like the rest of the US Pacific fleet battleships moored at Ford Island's "Battleship Row", the USS California had been hit by torpedoes in the massive surprise attack against the US Naval base of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.  The surprise attack shattered the fragile peace the US had precariously maintained amid gathering war clouds.  In the aftermath of the blood attack, loss of life was staggering - 2,638 officers and enlisted men including 68 civilians.  McGoran's buddies were among the dead.

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As he looked into the USS California's CL compartment located on the ship's lower level, John McGoran "...saw pure horror, my first realization that the game was now for keeps.  I saw bodies, many bodies, some of which I knew, just by their eyes, were lifeless."  Like the rest of the US Pacific fleet battleships moored at Ford Island's "Battleship Row", the USS California had been hit by torpedoes in the massive surprise attack against the US Naval base of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.  The surprise attack shattered the fragile peace the US had precariously maintained amid gathering war clouds.  In the aftermath of the blood attack, loss of life was staggering - 2,638 officers and enlisted men including 68 civilians.  McGoran's buddies were among the dead.

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