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  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 1

    Childers was born in Sherman, California.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 10

    Childers was placed in a basket and hoisted onto the deck of the destroyer that had picked him and his crew up.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 11

    The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths of many airmen beca

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 12

    While Childers was a cadet he was asked by Colonel Mangrum if he had received a Purple Heart.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 13

    Childers was then assigned to Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Childers though that Ft. Rucker would be good duty but it wasn't.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 14

    After he retired he played golf. He still lives in California.Childers experienced the big earthquake of 1989.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 2

    Childers got ten days leave and went to visit family down in Los Angeles, California.When they returned to Pearl Harbor in November 1941 the ship w

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 3

    15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [Annotator's Note: (DD-37

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 4

    Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 5

    About a month before the Battle of Midway the skipper decided to assign crews.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 6

    The planes all arrived about the same time.

  • Childers, Lloyd Segment 7

    When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the group's planes had prob

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