Herbert F. Rommel, Jr., On USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor-- Part 1

From Find-A-Grave.

This man wrote Jospeh P. Hittorff's parents about their son's final moments on the USS Oklahoma.  He survived the attack.

Born October 27, 1915, in Pennsylvania.  Died June 10, 2007.

Mr. Rommel's primary career and love, other than his wife, was the U.S. navy.

He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1934 as an apprentice seaman and was commissioned an ensign in 1938.  He was ordered to report to the battleship USS Oklahoma in 1940 and was on board that ship on December 7, 1941.

--GreGen