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.

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Five Illinois Unknowns on USS Oklahoma Identified

The Pearl Harbor National Memorial list of the Oklahoma Unknowns who have been identified has a lot of their home towns and states also listed.

These are the ones from Illinois:

Fireman 1st Class Michael Galajdik, 25,  of Joliet, Illinois

Gunner's Mate 2nd Class   William Francis Hellstern, 20, of Peoria, Illinois

Fireman 3rd Class John H. Lindsley, 22,  of Waukegan, Illinois'

Signalman 3rd Class Charles E, Nix, 26, of Danville, Illinois

Seaman 1st Class Harold W. Roasch, 25, of Rockford, Illinois

--GreGen


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