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Electrician 3rd Class - USS Grand Canyon - Auxiliary Destroyer 28

During his service, Earl sailed in the Mediterranean and Cuba areas.  Earl was also a loader on the Twin 40 anti-aircraft gun, and he told of the first time we had target practice, "the gun really eats up the ammunition."   When they were done with practice they were ordered to clean up.   When they grabbed the empty casings and started to throw them overboard.   The officers put a halt to that in a hurry because they were brass casings and could be reloaded.    Earl also told they had a steam generator on board strong enough to light the city of Philadelphia, and that he never served KP (kitchen patrol) as they never started at the back of the alphabet.