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[StartQuote] I have a ten page Letter hand writen by the late Larry Olgivie GM, who was on the 162 the night the 109 was lost. I will have to get it out of storage, but as I recall, Larry said the 109 was out in front of them and the only way to see the boat was by the wake. Larry claims it was so dark you had trouble seeing your hand out in front of your face, which was later claimed by my good friend, Gerard Zinser, who was on the 109 when she was struck. Larry said they never saw the 109 getting struck, until the gasoline tanks had exploded. They were so surprised that the 162 never fired a shot at the passing Destroyer. Larry was in the forward .50 caliber gun turret when this happened. All on board thought for sure the boat was destroyed, but the Skipper, Lt. Lowery (could be the wrong spelling) turned hard over, went to Flank speed and left the scene. Larry, and other crew members had begged the Skipper to return to check for survivors, but he never did. The letter does not state if Lowery recieved orders to return to Base or not. This bothered Larry for many years after, who did have a chance to meet with Kennedy during his Political career. Kennedy simply stated to Larry, "Where the Hell did you guys go". [EndQuote]
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