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My uncle was Thomas Pyne on the Rohna, he was my dad\'s brother, James Pyne. I never got to meet him,I was born in 1969. It makes me sad he gave his life for our freedom and what we are facing today, I pray it was not in vain.

My grandfather, John Galvin, is a survivor and is living on Long Island, NY. I look forward to visiting the memorial. Thank you for all you do to keep the story alive.

My uncle, John W. King, served on the USS Pioneer in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Pacific. He was a Signalman 3/c. He left the Pioneer in Okinawa in the fall of 1945. I\'ve asked him about the HMT Rohna and the events November 26, 1943. At almost ninety years old he is a bit vague about things but I believe he was in an area between the front stack and the bridge section smoking a cigarette when the explosion occurred. It was a place where sailors could smoke undented. He thought a piece of shrapnel might have hit the stack. There is still one thing he can vividly recall about his time on the Pioneer while in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately the minesweeper inadvertently shot down a British plane near Anzio and a very angry English pilot refused to be rescued by the ship.

Bernardino S. Espitia: this was the name of my uncle who was on board the HMT Rohna when it sank. I was saddened to learn his remains were never recovered. I only knew that my uncle had died overseas but nothing more. I am eager to hear if anyone knew or heard of my uncle. He was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas.

I am the only child of Alphus Ragsdale Roland. My father died on the Rohna. He enlisted in Lubbock, Texas, in 1942. His home was in Amarillo, Texas. He was married to Lucille Wyatt. I was born just two weeks (11-12-43) before Dad died on the Rohna. If anyone has any information about my Dad I would appreciate hearing from you. My family is all gone, and I know very little about Dad. I found out about the Rohna on the NBC nightly news with Tom Brokaw and have since been searching for information about the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Rohna. Any information would be a blessing. Linda Wendling, Haxtun, Colorado

Wash looking for information on my great great Uncle Archie A Dalton. None of the family had much information, but I was able to track down the date he was listed as lost, and from there I was eventually able to find his name on the list of those lost on the HMT Rhona. Your sight will let me explain why there was never any real information given to the family, thank you. Derek Dyer

This story I watched today brought me to tears. So many young lives lost in an instant, leaving the survivors and loved ones without answers to such a national tragedy. I am beyond stunned that this remained a secret from the world for over five decades.

I have a history degree and taught school however today watching the Military channel is the 1st I\'ve heard of the RHONA. God Bless y\'all! Thank you for your sacrifice & service!

Hi there just watched a program on your ship. Thanks for your service and being part of our country\'s greatest generation.

I am the granddaughter of Robert F. Pace, Jr. My mother, Jeannine (Judy) Bass ( née Pace) was 2 years old when her father died. My mother has her father\'s Purple Heart and flag which I saw as a child. When I asked what had happened, Mom could only say he died on a ship during WWII. In the last couple of decades she finally learned the full story. Her mother, Evelyn Forrest, died in 1983 without ever knowing the details. Thank you for all you are doing to give the details of this tragedy and remember the men it took from us.

I remember as a young boy my father telling me stories of being aboard this ship. He did say it was attacked by a rocket but what I remember most was he always said so many were lost due to the fact that their life preservers were belts designed to inflat and be worn under the arms. He said most people wore them low around the waist and when they went into the water theey inflated and were upside down thus drowning due to not being able to right themselves.That bothered him a lot. He served in the CBI during WW2, the S. Pacific testing Atom bombs in the 50\'s and retired in 1966. He passed in 1995 due to a rare bone cancer.

I am Stephen Green. My grandfather was Theodore Emmett Green 853rd engineers, killed in action aboard the Rohna.