Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978 Page: 5
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Lowe:hotels there--the Royal Hawaiian and the Ala Moana.
That's correct.
How long were you aboard the Argonne before you picked up
the Neosho?
I would say I was on there about three weeks.
When did you pick up the Neosho? You would probably have to
estimate the date.
I really don't recall because when the Neosho came into
Pearl Harbor, at that time its assignment--the Neosho's
assignment--was to run from Long Beach, California, to the
Hawaiian Islands with high-test aviation gas. I caught it
there and my sole time aboard that ship was about three weeks,
because it took us about five days, as well as I can recall--
four or five days--to make it from Pearl Harbor to Long Beach.
In the Long Beach area, we stayed possibly a day--maybe two
days--loading up and then returned. On that return, which
was in December of '41, one of the things that stands out in
my mind--my memory--was that on the night before we entered
Pearl Harbor, we noticed a series of lights--signal lights--
flashing.
Oh shore?
No, at sea. We were at sea travelling alone with a high load
of high-test gasoline coming into Pearl Harbor. The captain
ordered all the lights out on our ship at that time. Our
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Lowe, John, Jr. Oral History Interview with John Lowe, Jr., August 7, 1978, text, August 7, 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1529186/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.