Thread: News USS Hornet found near Solomon Islands
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Old 02-12-2019, 04:53 PM   #12
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They got a liiiiiitle over-dramatic there.

Yes, she sunk. Yes, some of her sailors died. But they kinda made it sound like she went down with 2,000 souls or something. My memory is that she was scuttled and had been abandoned for some time by then.

Those Yorktown carriers had about 3,000 people on them. It probably lost about 5% of its crew when it was being attacked. "The final resting place of so many of her brave crew" is kinda overdone.

Still damn cool, especially the interview with the sailor, but leave it to network news shows to go for the heart strings just for shits and grins.
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