Death of Clinton, Iowa, Pearl Harbor Survivor Daniel R. Kramer, 103

From the May 5, 2020, Clinton (Iowa) Herald  "One of last Pearl Harbor survivors dies" by Carie Kuehn.

Mr. Kramer died Monday, May 4.  He grew up in Dubuque, went to the University of Iowa, joined the U.S. Navy and lived through the attack while stationed on the battleship USS California.  The ship was hit forward and aft by two Japanese torpedoes in the early minutes of the attack and later by a bomb.

Nearly one hundred officers and men died.

Mr. Kramer was 25 at the time and had been married just six months

He recalled:  "General quarters was sounded.  My battle station  was on the bridge of the battleship.  The battleship sank slowly in the water where the main deck was under water but the rest of the battleship was not."

He stayed in the Navy until 1946, then moved back to Clinton where he worked for Du Pont.

When 2020 started, there were just 20 Pearl Harbor survivors remaining in the United States.

--GreGen