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  • Navy Veteran from Montgomery Honored as Illinois Veteran of the Month

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  • On December 23, 1966, Lucky Luckinbill was just that, when shells from hostile North Vietnamese shore batteries ripped through the USS OBrien, killing two sailors and wounding four others. Luckinbill survived a near miss, as one of the deadly shells struck near his assigned sleeping berth in the crew quarters on his ship, killing one of the other sailors.


Originally Deposited as: 174727

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2014
Number or Issue: June 24

Date Created: 06-24-2014
Date Last Modified: 06-24-2014

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This is part of a series. It is part of Press releases from the Governor's agencies: 53286