Oral History Interview with Al Stremel, July 30, 2011 Page: 81

                                
AS: And it was -- I been in two, three of those and they're
pretty rough.
MF: Were these the -- one of the two big ones that were -- was
it towards the end of 1945 or right before the bomb was
dropped? Do you remember when it happened, that typhoon?
AS: That typhoon was after the war.
MF: It was after. OK.
AS: No, no. It wasn't after the war. It was during the war,
but it was in '45.
MF: So, you said -- you mentioned that the Swanson is part of
the same group as the Enterprise, right? So, you were in
the same --
AS: Well, we operated with the Enterprise. One time, we fueled
and [chief?] -- see, after that typhoon, we lost those
destroyers, then refueled everyday -- refueled all the --
destroyers were refueled everyday. That was it wouldn't
happen again. And one time we refilled off the Enterprise.
I saw the division officer. If I had thought of it earlier
one of the guys that was up for chief and he had a chief's

hat -- if I'd have thought of it, I'd have borrowed it and
put it on and make believe I'd made chief while I was
there, (laughter) but I didn't think of it until after I
let him know I was second -- no -- yeah, I was second.
MF: It was a guy you knew?

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