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wheelsup_cavu
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:50 am
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The 5 Craziest War Stories (All Happened on the Same Ship)

Do you ever get sick of hearing about "the greatest generation"? For over 60 years now, it's been all "they survived the Depression" this and "they defeated the Nazis" that and "they never looked stupid in hats." Well, not everything the heroes of the 20th century did was pitch perfect. For example, the WWII destroyer USS William D. Porter was easily the stupidest ship ever launched. If ships were people, this one would be the kid who ate paste off a stick. And then almost killed the president by accident.

So when we say that this ship's service played out in exactly the way it would if it had been a hastily scripted Adam Sandler comedy, we're not exaggerating. We're talking about a ship that ...

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Source: www.cracked.com/articl...-ship.html

USS William D. Porter (DD-579): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...8DD-579%29

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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:46 am Post subject: Re: U.S.S. William D. Porter
yes, the sad case of the Porter _________________ The only good skwerril is a dead un

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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: U.S.S. William D. Porter
The crew (or at least the CO) must have all had ancestors serving in Destroyer Squadron Eleven.... Honda Point Disaster _________________ "All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"

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