Word: hatchway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rose in a pall above the Leyte. A second explosion and a withering blast of heat and flame followed, searing everything in its path. On the third deck, Steward Osie Ward and ten of his shipmates were trapped in the stewards' compartment. "A big flame came down the hatchway to our compartment," said Ward. "At first we didn't react. But a split second later the same thing happened again. One of the men, who was getting ready for a shower, ran up the hatchway and into the flame. The ensign and I pulled him down...
...Then we heard a cry from the hatchway and we ran over there and pulled down a burning officer. He was burned beyond recognition. We put blankets around him and he said, 'I am a Catholic. Get me a chaplain. My blood is type A.' I told him that all of us were trapped down there and there was nothing we could do. He then told us to use the Morse Code and tap it out on the bulkhead." The sailors didn't know the code, so the injured officer taught them how to hammer...