Born in Jackson Township, Clinton Co, Indiana, eldest son of John Jacob Bible
and Ella Belle Atkins, he was 18 when he enlisted in the US Navy on May 13,
1929. In 1930, he was a bugler stationed at the Naval Training Station at San
Diego, CA. That decade, he married Elsie, a music teacher. He was stationed on
the battleship, USS Washington (BB-56) from shortly after its commissioning in
May 1941 until late 1943, serving in both the European and later, Asian
theaters. He was a Musician 1st class on Washington when it engaged and sank
the Japanese battleship Kirishima in a "one-on-one duel" on November 14-15, 1942
at Ironbottom Sound, Guadalcanal, earning the distinction as the only battleship
to sink an enemy battleship in WW2. Following WW2, he stayed in the navy and
served in the Korean war. He retired in March 1962 with the rate of Teleman 1st
cl, working as a mailman. As a civilian, he settled in San Diego with his wife
and worked at the Post Office, where he was chaplain in his union shop.
and Ella Belle Atkins, he was 18 when he enlisted in the US Navy on May 13,
1929. In 1930, he was a bugler stationed at the Naval Training Station at San
Diego, CA. That decade, he married Elsie, a music teacher. He was stationed on
the battleship, USS Washington (BB-56) from shortly after its commissioning in
May 1941 until late 1943, serving in both the European and later, Asian
theaters. He was a Musician 1st class on Washington when it engaged and sank
the Japanese battleship Kirishima in a "one-on-one duel" on November 14-15, 1942
at Ironbottom Sound, Guadalcanal, earning the distinction as the only battleship
to sink an enemy battleship in WW2. Following WW2, he stayed in the navy and
served in the Korean war. He retired in March 1962 with the rate of Teleman 1st
cl, working as a mailman. As a civilian, he settled in San Diego with his wife
and worked at the Post Office, where he was chaplain in his union shop.
Born in Jackson Township, Clinton Co, Indiana, eldest son of John Jacob Bible
and Ella Belle Atkins, he was 18 when he enlisted in the US Navy on May 13,
1929. In 1930, he was a bugler stationed at the Naval Training Station at San
Diego, CA. That decade, he married Elsie, a music teacher. He was stationed on
the battleship, USS Washington (BB-56) from shortly after its commissioning in
May 1941 until late 1943, serving in both the European and later, Asian
theaters. He was a Musician 1st class on Washington when it engaged and sank
the Japanese battleship Kirishima in a "one-on-one duel" on November 14-15, 1942
at Ironbottom Sound, Guadalcanal, earning the distinction as the only battleship
to sink an enemy battleship in WW2. Following WW2, he stayed in the navy and
served in the Korean war. He retired in March 1962 with the rate of Teleman 1st
cl, working as a mailman. As a civilian, he settled in San Diego with his wife
and worked at the Post Office, where he was chaplain in his union shop.
and Ella Belle Atkins, he was 18 when he enlisted in the US Navy on May 13,
1929. In 1930, he was a bugler stationed at the Naval Training Station at San
Diego, CA. That decade, he married Elsie, a music teacher. He was stationed on
the battleship, USS Washington (BB-56) from shortly after its commissioning in
May 1941 until late 1943, serving in both the European and later, Asian
theaters. He was a Musician 1st class on Washington when it engaged and sank
the Japanese battleship Kirishima in a "one-on-one duel" on November 14-15, 1942
at Ironbottom Sound, Guadalcanal, earning the distinction as the only battleship
to sink an enemy battleship in WW2. Following WW2, he stayed in the navy and
served in the Korean war. He retired in March 1962 with the rate of Teleman 1st
cl, working as a mailman. As a civilian, he settled in San Diego with his wife
and worked at the Post Office, where he was chaplain in his union shop.
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