From the January 21, KJZZ 91.5 "After 5 years, an Arizona woman has compiled stories about most who perished aboard the USS Arizona" by Mark Brodie. More than 1,100 people died on board the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. The shop itself has become a national memorial and there are other memorials to those who died on her.
That includes one on the mall at the University of Arizona. and it is that one that inspired Bobbie Joe Buel to learn more about those who died on the ship.
Both agreed that there should be more information than just the names of those men. Bobbie was sure that someone had already done that, but found out they hadn't so this became a project. She has been doing this now for 5 and a half years.
She began searching records and even getting in touch with their families. The hardest thing was finding out about the mess men who were from Guam, the Philippines or were Blacks.
She has a Facebook page at USS Arizona Mall Memorial.
I agree with her thoughts. When I get notification of the identification of a USS Oklahoma Unknown, usually all I get is the name, rank, where they're from and when or where the burial will be. There is so much more to the story. I have to go digging and sometimes come up empty.
Thanks Bobbie Joe Buel. --GreGen
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