From the January 17, 2017, Fox 13 Salt Lake City, Utah "Man speaks after his father, a Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 98."
Maxwell Burggraad, 98, died.
He was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy for nearly a decade and a chief electrician's mate on the USS Nevada when the harbor was attacked. He was born in Ottumwa, Iowa.
On December 7, 1941, he got up early and caught a street car to Waikiki for a priesthood meeting. Upon arrival there, he was told that all servicemen were to report back to their stations immediately.
He remembers seeing the smoke and fires as he approached the harbor. He arrived back at his ship, the USS Nevada, just before it made its dash out of the harbor.
After the action, he found out that his cabin had been destroyed. The sailor who had taken his place while he was on leave was killed.
The Greatest Generation. --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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