DON ALSBRO Enlisted 1940 at age of 16. On USS Hull when the attack came. Eating breakfast and thought it was practice until he heard the explosions. The Hull was not hit and immediately put out to sea. he didn't see a lot of devastation then, but sure did when the ship returned two days later.
ROBERT FLAHERTY seaman 1st class on USS New Orleans and worked in the ship's store. His ship sustained minor damage. Eating breakfast when the attack began. From his battle station, he saw the Arizona and Oklahoma hit by torpedoes and sink.
JOHN DeFIELDS, yeoman on the USS Shaw where 25 were killed. He was one of the 17 wounded and spent two weeks in the hospital.
--GreGen
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.
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Pearl Harbor Survivor Robert "Bob" Flaherty Dies
From the March 22, 2016, St. Joseph-Benton Harbor (Mich.) Herald Palladium "Pearl Harbor survivor, longtime mayor dies" by John Matuszak.
Robert "Bob" Flaherty, 96, one of Barrien County's last Pearl Harbor survivors died March 17, 2016. He was mayor of Watervliet for 18 years.
He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and shipped to Pearl Harbor in February 1941, serving on the USS New Orleans and escaped injury in the attack December 7, 1941.. In 1942, he was forward gunner on the destroyer USS Laffey off Guadalcanal when it was sunk with much loss. Uninjured, he drifted in the ocean for five hours before being rescued.
At the end of the war he was stationed in Miami training to pilot landing for the planned assault on Japan.
--GreGen
Robert "Bob" Flaherty, 96, one of Barrien County's last Pearl Harbor survivors died March 17, 2016. He was mayor of Watervliet for 18 years.
He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and shipped to Pearl Harbor in February 1941, serving on the USS New Orleans and escaped injury in the attack December 7, 1941.. In 1942, he was forward gunner on the destroyer USS Laffey off Guadalcanal when it was sunk with much loss. Uninjured, he drifted in the ocean for five hours before being rescued.
At the end of the war he was stationed in Miami training to pilot landing for the planned assault on Japan.
--GreGen
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Pearl Harbor Survivor Receives "Warrior's Passage"
From the il 2, 2015, Prescott (Az) Daily Courier by Nana Hutson.
Navy radioman Edward Sowman and his shipmates were standing in line for breakfast that day. He was 24-years-old Missourian and on the USS New Orleans. A Japanese plane flew by so close he could see the pilot laughing.
Mr. Sowman was honored Friday, March 27th with "The Warrior's Passage" after dying the day before, March 26th. He enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and was discharged in 1945. He remembered the Oklahoma turning over and heard the Arizona blow up.
The New Orleans remained on alert the rest of the day while they spent hours and hours at battle stations. They also worked at saving lives. He lost many friends that day.
--GreGen
Navy radioman Edward Sowman and his shipmates were standing in line for breakfast that day. He was 24-years-old Missourian and on the USS New Orleans. A Japanese plane flew by so close he could see the pilot laughing.
Mr. Sowman was honored Friday, March 27th with "The Warrior's Passage" after dying the day before, March 26th. He enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and was discharged in 1945. He remembered the Oklahoma turning over and heard the Arizona blow up.
The New Orleans remained on alert the rest of the day while they spent hours and hours at battle stations. They also worked at saving lives. He lost many friends that day.
--GreGen
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
U.S. Pearl Harbor Losses: Cruisers and Destroyers
CRUISERS:
HEAVY DAMAGE BUT REPAIRED: USS Raleigh
LIGHT DAMAGE: USS New Orleans, USS Detroit, USS San Francisco, USS Helena, USS Honolulu.
DESTROYERS: DESTROYED BUT PARTS SALVAGED: USS Downes, USS Cassin
HEAVILY DAMAGED: USS Shaw. (With that explosion I have to wonder how they were ever able to get the ship back in service.
--GreGen
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Pearl Harbor Survivors Honored
From the December 12, 2011, Rome (NY) Observer.
Syl Puccio, 90, was honored at the 21st Annual Remembrance Luncheon. His actions that day helped keep the USS West Virginia from capsizing like the Oklahoma and saved countless lives.
He served in the Navy from 1939 to 1947. Puccio and another man had to open a damage control locker to get at valves to counterflood, but neither had a key. So they smashed the hinges with a steel crank. The other man opened the valves and the West Virginia settled on an even keel.
Leo Cross, 88, served in the Navy from 1940-1945 and the Air Force from 1948 to 1963. He was on the USS New Orleans that day and had just finished eating and manned a anti-aircraft gun.
The Greatest Generation. --GreGen
Syl Puccio, 90, was honored at the 21st Annual Remembrance Luncheon. His actions that day helped keep the USS West Virginia from capsizing like the Oklahoma and saved countless lives.
He served in the Navy from 1939 to 1947. Puccio and another man had to open a damage control locker to get at valves to counterflood, but neither had a key. So they smashed the hinges with a steel crank. The other man opened the valves and the West Virginia settled on an even keel.
Leo Cross, 88, served in the Navy from 1940-1945 and the Air Force from 1948 to 1963. He was on the USS New Orleans that day and had just finished eating and manned a anti-aircraft gun.
The Greatest Generation. --GreGen
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