SiteTitle | • | Navy Veteran from Montgomery Honored as Illinois Veteran of the Month | [X] |
Organization | • | Illinois Department of Veterans` Affairs | [X] |
| | 1: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 June 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On December 23, 1966, Lucky Luckinbill was just that, when shells from hostile North Vietnamese shore batteries ripped through the USS OBrien, killing two sailors and wounding four others. Luckinbill survived a near miss, as one of the deadly shells struck near his assigned sleeping berth in the crew quarters on his ship, killing one of the other sailors. | | | | Date Created: | 06-24-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 735**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000053449 Original UID: 174727 FIRST WORD: Navy | |
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