Keir
12-11-2006, 07:16 AM
In case you haven't seen it, we're running an interesting feature on a World War II US Navy veteran on the Battlestations site. Check it out (http://www.battlestations.net/news/?id=5).
Five months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Otis Kight enlisted in the Navy. He was 17. In less then a year he was on the USS Yorktown heading into what would become the most pivotal sea battles of World War II - the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
Now 81, Lieutenant Commander Otis Kight, USN (Ret.) shares with us his insights and experiences.
Five months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Otis Kight enlisted in the Navy. He was 17. In less then a year he was on the USS Yorktown heading into what would become the most pivotal sea battles of World War II - the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway.
Now 81, Lieutenant Commander Otis Kight, USN (Ret.) shares with us his insights and experiences.