SEAMAN FIRST CLASS JOHN FOX, 99
He was not at Pearl Harbor during the attack, but arrived in time to see a badly damaged ship sinking. Heavy equipment operator and helped clean up and rebuild the base. He had wanted to follow his two brothers and join the Army, but wasn't allowed as the Army did not want three brothers from the same family together, so joined the Navy.
TOM CHILD, 92
Was torpedo officer on the USS Cassin, a destroyer. he abandoned ship when it was bombed.
Fox and Gilbert (yesterday's entry) returned to Pearl Harbor on vacation, but Kessinger never did.
Kessinger was on the USS Pennsylvania for five years and fought in 13 operations. He got out of the service when his enlistment was up in 1946.
The Stories We Are Now Fast Losing. --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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