From the December 3, 2012, Michigan Live "Look back: Pearl Harbor attack jolts Michigan area servicemen into World War II action" by Dave LeMieux.
On December 6, 1941, S. Sgt. Leo V. Johnson, now 92, was 21 and stationed at Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii, had been alert for a long time, but now he had gotten a weekend pass. he was quite the card shark and had won a car playing poker.
He put 100 octane (aviation) gas in the car and loaded a couple 5-gallon gas cans in the trunk. The military police didn't like him and checked his trunk and turned him into the provost marshal.
Provost marshal, "What do you plan to do with that gas?"
Johnson, "Burn it in my car, just like an officer."
The provost marshal let him go and he drove to Wheeler Field, about 40 miles away.
--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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