June 13, 2014, CBS 6 "Pearl Harbor survivor from Crockett dies."
William Jaspar "Bob" White, 94. Was on the USS YO44, a fuel ship where he manned a machine gun. "The Japanese plane came right down on the side of the deck and he saw that fella driving the plane," said his widow.
May 29, 2014, Times Record News Wichita Falls "Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 93."
Gordon Brown of Graham, one of two brothers from Young County to survive the attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Gordon Brown and his brother John were both on the USS West Virginia. His family said that it took them a month to find out if the brothers survived.
After Pearl Harbor, he served on the USS Minneapolis, a heavy cruiser, which was in every major Pacific battle except Iwo Jima.
Brother John died in 2002.
--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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