playing board games, and when they first noticed the incoming planes, they thought it was nothing more than another drill. gino and albert morosi were both on that the u.s.s. maryland but separated when japanese planes approached. we didn t pay much attention to the planes coming in. when when when they started facing the ships and fort island, we could see the emblem on the aircraft and we knew it was the japanese. geo s gun wasn t designed for antiaircraft. i went right to my gun. it was useless, but then they said you have to man the deck above. the maryland was tied to the oklahoma which was hit, capsizing and pulling the maryland over with her. first thing they did was cut the connector between us and the oklahoma, then i went down there. went to see your brother? yeah, i was happy as hell! after the war gino settled in michigan, albert, in california. travel is difficult after 80