Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....IVEY, ENS. MOULMER LEE August 23, 1944
WWII U S NAVY USS ENGLISH
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NSIGN M L IVEY WITH CREW AIDING USS BUNKER BUNKER HILL
ABOARD THE USS ENGLISH IN THE PACIFIC
 AUGUST 23
 ENS MOULMER LEE IVEY ,USNR SON OF MR AND MRS ML IVEY ,207 2ND ST CORDELE GA FOUGHT
FLAMES SMOKE AND CRAZILY EXPLODING SHELLS FOR THREE DRAMATIC HOURS WHEN THIS
DESTROYER WENT TO THE AID OF THE FIRE RIDDEN CARREIER BUNKER HILL. SMASHED BY JP
SUICIDE PILOTS LAST MAY 11.
 WEARY FROM TWO LONG SESSIONS AT THEIR BATTLE STATIONS EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE
ENGLISH CREW FINALLY SECURED AT 10;00 AM FOUR MINUTES LATER ANSWERING A GENERAL
CALL, THEY SAW THE STRICKEN CARRIER OFF THE PORT BOW.
THREADING HER CAREFUL WAY THROUGH SEAS DOTTED WITH BUNKER HILL MEN WHO HAD BEEN
BLASTED OVERBOARD OR WHO HAD JUMPED TO ESCAPE FLAMES,AND WHO WERE BEING PICKED UP BY
OTHER SHIPS, THE ENGLISH REACHRD THE BLAZING FLAT-TOP AND BEGAN POURING WATER ON THE
FIRES . THE CRUISER USS WILKES BARRE AND ANOTHER DESTROYER, THE USS CHARLES S SPERRY
,CAME IN CLOSE TO HELP AND THE ENGLISH MOVED TO A NEW POSITION. JUST BEFORE SHE
PULLED AWAY , THREE MEN CROUCHING IN THE CARRIERS GUN TUBS TO ESCAPE FLAMES DROPPED
UNSCATHED TO THE SHIP'S DECJ.
 CREEPING IN CLOSE TO THE CARRIERS FANTAIL, WHERE 30 TO 40 MEN WERE TRAPPED ,THE
ENGLISHN POURED TONS OF WATER ACROSS THE NARROW GAP SEPERATING THE TWO SHIPS.

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