From the jan. 14, 2016, NBC Connecticut "Pearl harbor, World War II Veteran Dies at 94."
Died jan. 13, 2016.
Born in Connecticut in 1921. Joined the Army at age 16. Stationed at Fort DeRussey, Battery C, 64th Coast Artillery Division. Then it became Fort Shafter.
He was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked and later landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy after D-Day. Mr. Slater moved across France, Belgium, was at the Battle of the Bulge and then into Germany.
He trained recruits for 18 months during the Korean War.
Past president of the Nutmeg Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association for about twenty years until it disbanded.
--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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