Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge Dedicated in 2012-- Part 1

From the June 22, 2012, New Haven (Ct.) Register by Ed Stannard. //// The names of 14 from Connecticut who died that day were read off during the ceremony. Four survivors of that infamous day were there for it. //// FLOYD WELCH, 91, of East Lyme was in the washroom of the USS Maryland and couldn't believe it for fiftenn minutes. When he stepped out to the foc'sle, the Oklahoma had already turned over and oil had spread across the water and caught fire. //// WILLIAM LEHR, of Hamden, was on the destroyer USS Monahan and had been all set for a day and swimming at Waikiki Beach. His ship was tied up with four others. The Monahan got underway and out to the channel where a 2-man Japanese mini submarine fired a torpedo at it. The torpedo missed, but the Monahan sank the sub. //// --GreGen