USS
Morrison (DD-560) underway, in a photo taken from USS
Gambier Bay (CVE-73). Another aircraft carrier can be seen in the distance. National Archives photograph, USN 243852.
The mass assaults by kamikazes against the Fifth Fleet off Okinawa, although doing severe damage to ships and their crews, was not the success the Empire of Japan hoped it would be. Despite the sinking of several smaller U.S. Navy vessels in March and April, the ships taking the brunt of the
Kikusui operations remained the picket destroyers. Sailors onboard the “tin cans” often remained at general quarters for hours, even days, at a time. Moreover, despite the use of early-warning radar to detect incoming enemy aircraft, lookouts often strained their eyes for suicide boats, submarines, mines, and other dangers. Always vigilant in their duties, the crews remained nervous, weary, and exhausted while patrolling on the extremely dangerous picket stations. The destroyer Sailors came to call these pa
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51 years later, Apollo 13 astronauts reflect on historic mission
‘Houston, we’ve had a problem.’
Rose-Ann Aragon, Reporter
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HOUSTON – On April 11, 1970, three astronauts and a team here on Earth dared to attempt what was expected to be the third moon landing. However, just shy of 56 hours into the mission, the crew experienced a problem that would turn into a full-fledged effort to get the crew back to Earth alive.
In Houston, Mission Control was led by four flight directions: Eugene ‘Gene’ Kranz (lead), Glynn Lunney, Gerald ‘Gerry’ Griffin & Milton ‘Milt’ Windler. The Apollo 13 crew consisted of Commander James ‘Jim’ Lovell Jr., Command Module Pilot John ‘Jack’ Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise Jr. Fifty-one years later, the surviving astronauts of Apollo 13 sat down with KPRC 2 Space Reporter Rose-Ann Aragon.