Retired Navy Lt. C.C. Collie went in as a 19-year-old but came back a different person. He’s part of a small number of veterans remaining from that era. As he celebrates his 100th birthday in a couple of weeks, he's disturbed by what he sees in the world today.
A Dallas man who will soon see his 100th birthday looked back on his days in the Pacific fighting in World War II.
Collie was on the U.S.S. Blue during WWII. He fought the battle, witnessed the surrender and wrote the war diary for his destroyer.What Collie most remembers about Japan's surrender is the military flyover. The greatest threat to Collie and his 344 shipmates aboard was kamikazes. The first attack of a Japanese aircraft suicide mission loaded with explosives happened on Oct. 25, 1944.
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