1.6K views · 62 reactions | WWII Navy Veteran Honored with Quilt of Valor at American Legion Tribute to WWII Navy veteran Herb Ray at the American Legion Post 18 in Bloomington, Indiana. Watch as Ray, who served aboard the Navy’s USS YMS 17 in the Philippines in 1945, receives a Quilt of Valor in recognition of his service and bravery. Captured by Jeremy Hogan/The Bloomingtonian. #WWIIveteran #QuiltofValor #AmericanLegion #BloomingtonIndiana | The Bloomingtonian | Facebook

In August 1944, USS Bowfin torpedoed ships at Minami Daito—one blast even hurled a bus into the harbor, later spoofed in Operation Petticoat. But weeks later, tragedy struck when she sank Tsushima Maru, a transport carrying evacuees, many of them children. #WWII #USSBowfin #SubmarineWarfare #PacificWar #OperationPetticoat #NavalHistory | The Reliable Narrator