Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980 Page: 36
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Dillon;the Matson liners that plied back and forth. They needed
the protection of a cruiser where there was that many lives,
I would imagine; at stake. So that was primarily our mission
after Pearl Harbor.
Mr. Dillon, I have one last question, and we can probablyWhat kind of emotions did you have, or perhaps feelings
would be a better word, toward the Japanese as a result
of what happened--at that time?
Well, we were angry, I suppose. I don't think that our crew
was very emotional. They were mad more than anything else.
This seems to be a general feeling that I've detected as a
result of doing these interviews. What did the Saint Louis
do after it came in? Did you stay in very long?
That's a good question. I hadn't thought of that. We came
in and, I think, got underway that same day. We probably
took on oil, which we had to do, and maybe took care of just
some normal things they had to take care of---food and things
like that.
We went to San Francisco. We did escort duty. Between
Pearl Harbor and San Francisco, we made six or seven trips.
We escorted the Lurline and the Matson liners primarily
at first. We would come into San Francisco and anchor over
at Alameda Naval Air Station. Of course, our planes would
fly off, and they had to take care of those things.
Were these civilian liners bringing back dependents and so on?
I presume there was a considerable number of dependents onMarcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillon, Joe Clyde. Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980, book, June 6, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085620/m1/38/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.