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.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Pearl Harbor Survivor Remembers-- Part 1
From the feb. 20, 2012, Lincoln County (Oklahoma) Journal "Reed stationed at Pearl Harbor, remembers Japanese attack" by Kristen Watson. //// John Reed of Troy had just finished breakfast and was leaving when he heard a loud explosion. "I first looked toward the area of the harbor where the large gas tanks were located and then, something told me to look up. That is when I saw the Japanese bomber and I knew we were going to war. I locked my eyes on the pilot." //// He said that Pearl Harbor had been on high alert the previous two weeks which had just been lifted the day before the attack. "I remember rushing down to the armory with others to get rifles, shotguns and pistols to fire back." ////
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