From various Sources.
** Seven Pearl Harbor survivors were honored aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.
** Dunham Porcari is a 94-year-old survivor on the USS Phoenix.
** There were 23 sets of brothers killed on the USS Arizona, out of 37 confirmed pairs.
** The Arizona also had a father-son pair, Thomas Augusta Free and his son William Thomas Free. Bioth were also killed.
** The entire 21-member USS Arizona band were also killed.
** Another still-living Pearl Harbor veteran is Paul Wasniewski, 96.
--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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