The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Pearl Harbor Not Forgotten 70 Years Later

From the Dec. 6, 2011, Hendersonville (NC) Times-News.

Ensign John Davenport was fast asleep on the USS Oklahoma when General Quarters sounded.  he remembers hearing this is not a drill and then a torpedo hit.  He put on his uniform and rushed topside to his anti-aircraft gun.  There were three more explosions and the ship began rolling over.

He found a place on the starboard side where he witnessed the Arizona blowing up.  Later, a rescue boat took him to safety.

Another Story and Another Survivor.  --GreGen

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