From the Feb. 27, 2013, Kitsup (Washington) Sun by Ed Friedrich.
Gebhard "Jerry" Jensch of Poulsbo, 93, died Feb. 21 and Don Green, 90, of Allyn died Feb. 25th.
Also, Joseph Stenstrom, 92, of Poulsbo, died Dec. 20, 2012.
The Kitsap Sun can only confirm eight remaining Pearl Harbor survivors in Kitsap County.
Jensch was a gunners mate on the USS California which had 105 killed in the battle. He manned a 5-inch anti-aircraft gun and swam to Ford Island. Though he wasn't hit, the Navy thought he'd died and notified his parents. His obituary appeared on the front page of his hometown paper in Saginaw, Michigan. When the Navy found he was alive, they quickly notified his parents by telegraph.
--GreGen.
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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