5-2-14 Toledo (Ohio) Blade "Charles E. Kessinger; 1914-2014: World War II vet survived attack on Dec. 7, 1941" by Mark Zaborney.
That morning he was to play center field for the USS Pennsylvania's baseball team vs. the one from the USS Oklahoma.
He served on the USS Pennsylvania during the rest of the war and fought in 13 operations.
5-4-14 My San Antonio "Brooks was Pearl Harbor survivor."
Harry William Brooks died May 2, 2014, 93. Enlisted straight out of high school, planning to leave the Navy in February 1942. On USS Pennsylvania at Pearl harbor and the war canceled his plans to leave. Also served during the Korean War.
--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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