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.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Death of Pearl Harbor Survivor Leslie George 'Bud' Hollenbeck, 90 (On USS Pennsylvania)

From the December 28, 2021, Port City (Wilmington, N.C.) Daily.

Died on September 16, 2021, in Massachusetts, formerly of Hamstead, N.C.

Born in Cooperstown, N.Y.  Enlisted in the Navy at age 18 and served during World War II as signalman on the battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the Pacific Ocean from 1940-1946.

He was at Pearl Harbor and told his stories many times.

The Greatest Generation.


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