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, March 7, 2020
Two More of the USS Oklahoma's Unknowns Coming Home: Andrew Schmitz and Warren Crim
Both of these stories are from February 27, 2020.
** The remains of Navy Fireman 1st Class Andrew J. Schmitz of Richmond, Virginia, are to be returned home. he was 26 when he died aboard the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1841.
He died twelve days after turning 26 and had been on board the Oklahoma one year and one day when he died. He will be buried at Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia on March 6. None of his 13 siblings are still alive.
** The remains of Fireman 3rd Class Warren H. Crim are coming home to McMinnville, Tennessee, and will be buried April 11.
He died on the USS Oklahoma at age 20.
A motorcade from Nashville's airport will proceed to Gardens of Memory Cemetery in McMinnville.
So Glad the Oklahoma's Unknowns Are Being Identified. --GreGen
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