Joseph Aguilar, 85, of East Los Angeles showed off a still-crooked finger the result, he said, of an accident on board in 1946. He also remembered how he spent his first night on the Iowa: "In the stern, feeding the fish. I was so sick. This thing pitches and rolls."
Date: Jun 10, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Battleship Iowa heads to permanent home on San Pedro waterfront
Others on board were lost in their own memories. Joseph Aguilar, 85, of East Los Angeles showed off a still-crooked finger, the result, he said, of an accident on board in 1946. He also remembered how he spent his first night on board: "in the stern, feeding the fish. I was so sick. This th