Oral History Interview with Joe C. Turner, September 19, 1989 Page: 39
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Turner:they did, well, all hell broke loose. I mean, every gun
in the harbor opened up. Of course, every third bullet
in a machine gun is a tracer. It looked like there was
just bullets coming right at you (chuckle), there were
so many of them.
So you were actually out on deck and saw them.
Oh, yes, I saw them! Hey, I saw tracer bullets
everywhere. It looked like the sky was full of bullets.
And they shot down both of them.
While the actual attack was going on, what thoughts were
going through your mind? What kind of emotions or
thoughts did you have?
Well, I was wondering if I was going to survive or not..
Of course, you listen to all kind of stories; you hear
everybody talking. I don't know if some individual
thought this up, but they said the Japs were attacking
or they were going to land troops. They told us we
could expect a landing, and we just wondered if we'd be
taken as prisoners or what would happen. A thousand
things enter your mind in a situation like that, and you
don't remember all of them. The only one you rememberis, "I wonder if I'm going to survive.
What were you doing in the aftermath? What were you and
the Dobbin doing in the aftermath of the attack?
Preparing. Getting those ships ready day and night.
They had twenty-four hours. Like I say, we were divided39
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Turner, Joseph C. Oral History Interview with Joe C. Turner, September 19, 1989, book, September 19, 1989; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2137897/m1/41/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.