From the December 23, 2016, Ky Forward "Old Time Kentucky: Christmas report of soldier's Pearl Harbor demise was greatly exaggerated" by Berry Craig.
James Thomas Hamlin, fireman 1st class was from Harlan, Kentucky and at Pearl Harbor that day. On December 16, 1941, his parents, Green and Molly Hardin, received this telegram:
"The Navy Department greatly regrets to inform you that your son, James Thomas Hamlin, fireman first class, U.S. Navy, was lost in action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country."
A memorial service was held for their 28-year-old son at the Harlan Baptist Church where they worshipped. There was an obituary in the Harlan Enterprise newspaper where he had once been a cub reporter.
The Only Thing. --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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