A Reunion Seven Decades in the Making-- Part 1: The USS California's Flag

From the March 9, 2014, Seacramento (Cal.) Bee. //// On December 7, 1941, Yeoman 2nd Class Duvrell Conner was 23-years-old and on the USS California in Pearl Harbor. Today, he is 96. //// After the attack, he and another sailor saw the ship's U.S. flag on the deck and raised it. That flag is believed to be the one that today hangs in the California Department of Veterans Affairs Medal of Honor Hall. Mr. Conner saw that flag on March 7th. //// He remembers hearing the crew cheer when he raised the flag. At one point, the California's captain had ordered the ship to be abandoned, but changed his mind when a breeze blew some of the smoke away and he saw things were not as bad as he had been led to believe. //// More to Come. --GreGen