Speaker Biographies

Ralph Foulks

Ralph Foulks, NJ, WWII, US NAVY, served aboard the USS Hornet (CV-12). As an SB2C Helldiver radio operator/gunner, he was shot down while bombing the Japanese battleship Yamato during the battle of Okinawa. Rescued by a destroyer, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

 

 

this is the type of plane Ralph was a gunner on.		this is a photo of Japanese largest destroyer the Yamato which is the ship that Ralph bombed in the battle of Okinawa.
The log book is Ralph’s when he was on the bombing raid to bomb the Yamato.

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