Here are some Wilmington civilians at Pearl Harbor that day.
Justus Sistrunk, Hickam Field, recently discharged from the Army Air Force.
Drexel High-- naval shipyard
Blanche Stewart, nurse, who airmailed her mother, "We are working day and night. Everything has been orderly, and we are not expecting another attack."
Mrs. Emil (Rosa Bunch) Peterson
Mrs. Glenn Frazier whose husband was on the USS Arizona.
A North Carolina City Quite Involved In It. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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