Albert A. Circelli
Missouri crew, 1943–1946

Recollections
USS New York
Mess cooking, no mess halls. Set up in your compartment and passageways.
Side cleaning. When in port use boatswains chairs to paint and clean side of ship. Slept in hammock. No lockers. Lived out of seabag.

USS Missouri
Standing boatswains mate of the watch. British brought over table (for surrender ceremony on Sep. 2/45). He carried it legs up over his head. Yellowish in color. The O.D. told him it was too small. The O.D. turns to me and said “Circelli get a couple of guys and go to the mess hall to get a table.” We took table to O-1 level. Placed a green tablecloth to cover table.

First plane shot down. K.K. hit ship. Flames in Mount 5. Bomb he dropped. Missed ship on fantail.

Did picket duty in Okinawa for one man suicide sub. All seasick in 25 foot motor launch. Pitch black could not see going up ladder to boom. Vomit on one another.

Key individuals: Captain Callaghan and all my shipmates.