Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Welcome Home, Sailor

Monday, June 06, 2022

Welcome Home, Sailor

ARDMORE, Okla. (KFOR) – The U.S. Navy is bringing home the remains of an Oklahoma sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Seaman 1st Class Billy Turner was an Ardmore, Okla., native and sailor aboard the Navy’s USS Oklahoma.

Inspirations

"The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are." AGIS II 427 B.C.

"No, no, I've got 'em right where I want 'em - surrounded from the inside." -- Mad Dog Shriver when told to break up his recon team and evade, that he was about to be overrun by North Vietnamese Regulars.

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." - Thomas Jefferson

"The world don't owe you a living, Boy." - Pops

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Monday, June 06, 2022

Welcome Home, Sailor