Told by Michele (Smith) Lisle:

Grandpa(James)used to be in charge of playing movies for the fellow servicemen while at sea. Most times it would be for 24hrs a shift. This day in particular, it was 24 hours of playing movies. After that, it was his turn to go down in the engine room. A friend & fellow serviceman followed him down there & told him to go get some rest because James(grandpa) had been awake for over 24 hours. It took more convincing on the other mans part, but he finally convinced grandpa to go upstairs & rest. He got up to his bunk & moments later, a torpedo hit the engine room right where grandpa was supposed to be. Instead, that man took his place. I think grandpa only told my grandma about that. I could not imagine having that memory for as many years that he had to carry that with him. I thank that man for giving his life for my grandpa's.

James Henry Peter Maloney