Heard Saturday at 1 p.m. on KMJ 580
July 3, 2010: Maury Nyberg of Kingsburg, CA. Fire controlman on the USS Jenkins
(DD-447). Was on the ship when an undetected mine produced major damage off of
Borneo in late April, 1945.
(DD-447). Was on the ship when an undetected mine produced major damage off of
Borneo in late April, 1945.
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Maury Nyberg (left) as a young sailor. Nyberg was a
junior at Kingsburg High School when the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor. After he graduated from high
school, he enlisted in the Navy, bound eventually for
duty as a fire controlman on a destroyer. Nyberg
(above) points to the main battery director, his duty
station on the USS Jenkins (DD-447), operating in
the southwest Pacific.
junior at Kingsburg High School when the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor. After he graduated from high
school, he enlisted in the Navy, bound eventually for
duty as a fire controlman on a destroyer. Nyberg
(above) points to the main battery director, his duty
station on the USS Jenkins (DD-447), operating in
the southwest Pacific.
Listen to Hometown Heroes to hear Nyberg describe the Jenkins (and one of its gun
crews) being hit by a shore battery off Luzon in December 1944. Even more harrowing
was the blow the Jenkins suffered near Borneo, when a mine severely damaged the
ship, which fortunately was in shallow water at the time and was able to recover. Hear
Maury describe how that ordeal felt from his spot in the main battery director, and how
miraculous it was for the Jenkins to lose just one sailor to that explosion.
crews) being hit by a shore battery off Luzon in December 1944. Even more harrowing
was the blow the Jenkins suffered near Borneo, when a mine severely damaged the
ship, which fortunately was in shallow water at the time and was able to recover. Hear
Maury describe how that ordeal felt from his spot in the main battery director, and how
miraculous it was for the Jenkins to lose just one sailor to that explosion.