From the Dec. 7, 2012, Des Moines (Iowa) Register.
John Danaher, 94, was on the USS Nevada that day, a yeoman waiting for Mass on the main deck.
Hearing machine gun fire, he at first thought the Army was doing test firing. His battle station was at the ship's bow and he recalled, "Your training was so good that it became automatic. You did your job the best you could, and you kept going."
The Nevada wasn't moored next to another battleship and was the only one to get underway during the attack.
The Nevada lost 57 dead that day.
GreGen
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.
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