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Leyte Gulf survivors gather at Charleston reunion
Five USS Johnston Hoel Association members attend a reunion in North Charleston South Carolina with eight total survivors from two destroyers. They recount the sinking in October 1944 and 52 hours in shark infested waters with no food or water before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Charleston
Leyte Gulf
USS Johnston-Hoel Association
Philippines
John Oracz
Grand Rapids
Mich
Johnston
Dusty Rhodes
Winfield Ran
Rhodes
Hoel
Glenn Parkin
North Salt Lake City
Utah
Winfield, Kan
George Miller
Taylorsville
N.C
Larry Morris
Harrodsburg