Death of Rear Admiral Robert Broussard Erly in 2014: Pearl Harbor Survivor

Died July 31, 2014, at the age of 100.

Graduated the USNA in 1937 and was a Lt.jg when the attack came.  He organized hoses on the burning battleship USS Pennsylvania and the destroyers USS Downes and Cassin in the drydock.  He importantly hosed down the torpedoes and depth charges on the destroyers to prevent even worse destruction.

He served on destroyers for teh rest of the war in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and eventually commanded the USS Phelps.

He also was in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

--GreGen