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.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
More USS Oklahoma "Unknowns" Come Home
It is so great seeing these brave sailors and Marines who were entombed when the battleship USS Oklahoma capsized being identified through DNA and now coming home.
Here is a partial list of them:
WILLARD ALDRIDGE, Seaman 1st class, from Kansas. To be buried at Highland Cemetery, Ashland, Kansas. Born August 26, 1921.
QUENTIN J. GIFFORD, Radioman 2nd class, Declared officially Lost In Action in February 1942. Funeral held at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. He is the 4th Minnesotan to be identified from the Oklahoma. There will be a 5th one later this year.
HOWARD W. BEAN, Radioman 3rd class. From Everett, Massachusetts. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Thank You U.S. Government. --GreGen
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