Phillip Rapalee

Machinist Mate Second Class

"He had the brawn of a life time of labor-- but he had the soul of a poet."--Lloyd Boles

After the battle, the ship was dark, without power, dead in the water, and her compartments were flooding.  The wounded were begging for water, but there was no drinking water.  Together, Phil and Chief Shelley braved the mutilated caverns to go 3 decks below and get oranges they knew were in storage for their shipmates.