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John Keenan Burns
Interviewed by:
Liam Doyle
"I'm the only navy pilot you will ever meet who couldn't swim."
~ John Keenan Burns
Name:
John Keenan Burns
Date of Birth / Death:
May 22, 1928 -
August 13, 2016
Branch of Service:
Navy
Dates of Service:
1950 - 1955
Locations of Military Service:
Pensacola and Corpus Christi
Residence at Time of Interview:
Pleasant Bay Nursing Home
John Keenan Burns' Story:
John Keenan Burns joined the military during the time of the Korean war. He wanted to be an air force pilot but they said he would make a great navigator but he wanted to fly a plane. So he went to the navy next and ended up becoming a pilot for the navy. He is a survivor of the U.S.S. Bennington which blew up due to a hydraulics fluid ignition which killed 122 and injured 246 Navy soldiers.
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