Ralph L. Kirsch

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Ralph Kirsch served as communications officer of the amphibious force command ship USS Mt. Olympus which later was in Tokyo Bay for the signing of Japan’s surrender agreement in 1945. Barbara Kirsch said he later turned down a promotion to lieutenant commander and decided not to remain on the Mt. Olympus which was due to be part of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr.’s expedition to reestablish a U.S. base in Antarctica. (https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/12/06/pilots-long-forgotten-writings-give-a-first-hand-view-of-pearl-harbor-attack/); could be interesting, seems he saw pearl harbor