From the March 19, 2013, Ludington (Michigan) Daily News "Pearl Harbor survivor Leo Petrosky dies Saturday"
Leo Petrosky, 91, was born in Pennsylvania in 1922 and his family moved to Detroit four years later. He joined the Navy on his 18th birthday in 1940.
He was on the flagship of the U.S. Pacific fleet, the USS Pennsylvania and worked on the ship's plane catapults.
Sorry to See Them Go. --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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