Show Ship 1 reunion lures ores family to o San an Diego A Manti ManU man joined with former of the Bunker Blinker Hill in a reunion at the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego the latter part of June Making the jaunt to San Diego from Manti ManU were Jackson and Nor Norma ma and daughter Cheri One of or the chief topics of discussion among the former crew of ot the aircraft carrier was an incident on May 11 1945 when two kamikaze pi pilots pilots pilots pi- pi lots dipped out of the 1200 cloud cover and streaked in inlow inlow inlow low causing great destruction to the vessel One of or them dropped a pound bomb on the carrier while the second plane crashed vertically into the flight deck Mr said that the themen themen themen men recalled that the structural structural structural tural damage was not too bad but that the fires were terri terri- ble It took over three hours to bring them under control The ship has now been re released released released re- re leased from active service by bythe bythe bythe the Navy but is presently docked docked dock dock- ed at a location near San Diego where it is used as an experimental experimental experimental mental station by the Navy Elec Electronics Laboratory Center One of the highlights of the reunion the family notes was the memorial service service service ice held aboard the carrier on Sunday June 28 |