Did Any of Your Parents or Grandparents Serve? What Facts or Stories Do You Remember About Their Service?:

My oldest brother, Robert C. Alexander, served aboard the USS Lexington (CV-2) during WW2 and was aboard during her final battle in the Coral Sea. He was an MM1 at that time and was assigned to a damage control party deep in the ship, near the stern. He wrote a letter outlining the battle’s events as he experienced it from his battle station. I will copy that letter here so he can tell his story in his own words.