My Dad in the Navy

Dad served in WWII and Korea with the US Navy. He told me a story about getting orders for the USS Dixie after the war. The Dixie was a destroyer tender. He showed up on the date prescribed on his orders and was told the ship had already sailed. SNAFU.
As fate would have it, the Dixie was headed for the nuclear bomb tests in the Pacific. Dad missed that voyage and told me he later learned that the sailors aboard those ships were later largely diagnosed with cancer. He dodged another bullet.
At this writing he's 92 and still kicking. Here's a link to info on the Dixie. https://www.hullnumber.com/AD-14

I'm glad he missed the boat.