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Navy 75th anniversary recalls Honda Point disaster
Gene Bruce, then a 16 year old seaman, survived the 1923 Honda Point wreck where 7 of 15 destroyers ran aground off Santa Barbara coast. Seventy five years later he returns to Honda with a small ceremony at Vandenberg to mark the tragedy and honor the sailors who died and were saved.
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Gene Bruce
Navy
California
U.S. Navy
Bruce
Chauncey
Destroyer Squadron 11
Santa Barbara County
Young
Delphy
Santa Channel
Honda Point
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Honda
San Fernando Valley
Anne
Albuquerque
San Francisco
Sango
Ranard H. Watson
Channel Islands
Lompoc
Southern Pacific Railroad
West Coast
San Diego
Watson
Port Honda