From the Dec. 8, 2011, Booneville, Arkansas, Democrat.
BILL CHASE, 87.-- Apprentice seaman. Had just completed boot camp and was recovering from the German measles and saw the attack from the base hospital. "I had a ringside seat."
WALTER SMITH, 93. US Army private was driving a truck near Pearl Harbor when the attack took place.
Fifty-one Arkansans died that day and 21 are still on the Arizona
A ceremony was held and the names of five Pearl Harbor Survivors Association members who had died in the previous year was read. It is believed that there are still 9 Pearl Harbor survivors living in Arkansas.
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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