My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Kentucky Unknown Headed Home: On the USS Oklahoma That Fateful Day
October 24, 2017, WBKO "Kentucky soldier's body headed home decades after Pearl Harbor attack.
Samuel Warwick Crowder, 35, Petty Officer 3rd Class, firefighter on the USS Oklahoma.
Another success by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
I wish someone would realize that sailors are not soldiers.
Always Happy to Learn the Unknowns Have Been Accounted. --GreGen
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