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/\ One of the aspects I had in mind when starting this thread(2013)was to reflect on the effect of history as it effects the beholder...currently; ie: how did we get this way?! The battle of Coral Sea is one such example. My 6th grade elementary teacher, one of my favorite & influential teachers, was a radioman/gunner on a Devastator torpedo plane and was on the "Lady Lex" when she was sunk. He barely escaped injury when the bombs hit, and a luckless fellow on a ladder next to him was blown into rung-chunks by the blast! He used to tell us "war stories"; and we would sit enthralled and beg for more! As a BA history major, I think it was my first indoctrination into first-person or primary sources being the most reliable source (if somewhat embellished)for a historic event.