From the April 11, 2012, Panama City (Fl) News Herald:"Update: Pearl Harbor survivor dies."
Ronnie Everitt, 93, died April 11, 2012.
He was an Army radar technician at Hickam Field on Oahu and was having breakfast. he thought the Marines were having exercises.
After the attack, day and night, he manned a machine gun in a pit along with others spaced every 50-100 yards apart.
--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.
Monday, September 15, 2014
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