University Honors Oldest Living Pearl Harbor Survivor in 2014

From the Dec. 4, 2014, Daily Athenium (West Virginia University) by Courtney Gaffo.

Lt. James Downing, 101, was postmaster on the USS West Virginia the day the Japanese attacked.  Afterwards, he memorized the names of ever crew member killed or wounded and wrote notes to their families and explained what happened to their sons.

--GreGen