Monday, Mar 10, 2014     Local News      Memories of war -- the
losses and triumphs       SEBRING -On Sept. 14, 1942, standing
on the fantail of the USS Juneau, US Navy Chief Maurice "Marty"
Beckner and his shipmate, Albert Leo Sullivan, had a clear view
as two torpedoes ripped through the starboard flank of the USS
Hawk, a light fleet aircraft carrier.      At 96, Beckner still
has vivid memories of the numerous battles he survived during
his three decades in service to his country.      "It is like a
picture right in front of me. I can close my eyes and see it. I
was as close as from here to Thunderbird," said Beckner,
pointing toward the road near his Sebring home. "It took three
fish (torpedoes) to sink it, but they didn't lose many people
that day. We picked up survivors."      Now, 71 years later,
Beckner wants to honor the men he served with on the ill-fated
USS Juneau, including the famed five Sullivan brothers from
Waterloo, Iowa.      "I knew them well," he reminisced of the
inseparable siblings who