From the il 2, 2015, Prescott (Az) Daily Courier by Nana Hutson.
Navy radioman Edward Sowman and his shipmates were standing in line for breakfast that day. He was 24-years-old Missourian and on the USS New Orleans. A Japanese plane flew by so close he could see the pilot laughing.
Mr. Sowman was honored Friday, March 27th with "The Warrior's Passage" after dying the day before, March 26th. He enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and was discharged in 1945. He remembered the Oklahoma turning over and heard the Arizona blow up.
The New Orleans remained on alert the rest of the day while they spent hours and hours at battle stations. They also worked at saving lives. He lost many friends that day.
--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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