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.
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Quincy Pearl Harbor Survivor Says People Shouldn't Forget
From the December 7, 2017, Patriot Ledger (Mass.) "People shouldn't forget says Quincy survivor of Pearl Harbor" by Zane Razzaq.
Bill Keith, 95, is among the last Pearl Harbor survivors in the state of Massachusetts. One Dec. 7, 1941, he was a 19-year-old on the USS West Virginia. he managed to escape his sinking ship when sailors managed to open a hatch.
He was supposed to spend the day relaxing, but didn't get much of it.
After the attack, he attended corpsman school in South Dakota.
--GreGen
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