From the March 16, 2016, Galt (California) Herald "Family, country mourns loss of Pearl Harbor survivor."
Harold E. Leal, 92, died March 1, 2016. service was held March 10.
On December 7, 1941, he was at Pearl Harbor on the battleship USS Tennessee on Battleship Row next to Ford Island. Normally the Tennessee would be berthed on the outside of the USS West Virginia, but that ship was scheduled to depart before the Tennessee, so it was outboard that day. As a result, it suffered a lot more damage and casualties.
Mr. Leal was off duty and below deck reading a magazine when he felt his ship lurch. A shipmate ran down the ladder yelling that they were under attack and then he heard the alarm.
--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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