43 years ago, 44 lives lost on Oriskany | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal

43 years ago, 44 lives lost on Oriskany | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal: "On Monday morning, John Simoneaux stared out the window of a charter boat in the Gulf and remembered a tragic day on a different boat, a lifetime ago and half a world away.

The bow of the pitching charter boat crashed through chilly Gulf waves, sending sheets of white spray across the Plexiglas window as Simoneaux, 61, told the story.

"We lost a lot of good guys that day," Simoneaux began."