About this user
Me, video archaeologist.. Dec.8,1910,Beverly,Kansas.Enlisted U.S.Navy Denver,Colorado,June3,1929,company honorman basic training Naval Station San Diego.Machinist Mate School at Norfolk,Virginia,first in class assigned to USS Henderson on a China service run.Served on hospital ship USS Relief,Ross saw first action (with the U.S. Marines) Nicaragua in 1931.Advanced thru the rates on minesweeper USS Brant, destroyer USS Simpson, cruiser USS Minneapolis, attained rank of warrant officer machinist October 1940,assigned to battleship USS Nevada.
December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Nevada was badly damaged by bombs and torpedoes. Ross distinguished himself by assuming responsibility to furnish power to get the ship underway — the only battleship to do so during the Japanese attack. When the forward dynamo room where he was stationed filled with smoke and steam, he ordered his men to leave and continued servicing the dynamo himself until being blinded and falling unconscious. Upon being rescued and resuscitated, he went back to secure the forward dynamo, then worked in the aft dynamo room until losing consciousness a second time due to exhaustion. After waking, he again returned to his duties until Nevada was beached. His actions kept the ship under power, preventing it from sinking in the channel and blocking other ships in the harbor.Despite impaired eyesight, Ross refused hospitalization and instead helped with rescue efforts. He entered a hospital three days after the attack, and his vision returned to normal after three weeks. For these actions, he was presented with the Medal of Honor by Admiral Chester Nimitz on April 18, 1942, becoming the first person to receive the medal in World War II.Ross was promoted to chief machinist in March 1942 and was commissioned an ensign in June 1942. Later,he participated in the landings at Normandy and Southern France.He rose steadily in temporary rank to lieutenant commander by the end of the war, reverting to lieutenant at its conclusion. He again received promotion to lieutenant commander in 1949 and to commander in November 1954. On retirement from active duty in July 1956, twenty-seven years' of service aboard every type of surface ship then afloat, he was promoted to captain based on his combat awards MOH, etc. Me, I have carried, side step...side step... All my family served all branches all wars. In ww2 7 served, back to pre-1776 .. remember dads, moms, sons, daughters, so loved missed. Remember them, and their families sacrifice. Brave, proud enough to Serve then, today,future.
Age
50
Country
United States
Companies
Terrorist aires brothers,solenski,userping the vote,acorn,naacp,la raza,.party hacks.Soro's. School of communism, wooden boys N girls mis-info media journalist/artist.. GOD bless bravery as above story!! Don't usurp my constitution,propaganda masters.Wake up..We The People.
Schools
God Bless the good fight against evil Islam,Communism. Hooyah!!God bless the fallen... waiting for orders Sir, attention to detail, mind endurance. civilians don't understand the forward deployed, makes it hard to talk to anyone.first few years out, civilians thought i was weird,Sir, yes sir, rogerthat, sayagain etc.. repeditive training,country,ww2 depression era family, ww2 rules of engagement, 4 out of uniform combatants, etc.
Interests
military/patriot war video's, founding fathers conservative,Survival of 1 nation under God..., Be type A personality, serve in some way..EMS,Fire,Police,Give back,don't take.Join the good fight!
