The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941.
The attack led to the United States’ formal entry into World War II the next day.
Mr. Jack Holder, veteran of Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal, as well as Europe signed the Log Book on 29 August 2020. Pearl Harbor Enlisting with the US Navy in 1940 aged 18, Holder completed Aviation [Read more]
77 years ago today: Thanks to Nikki Stratton, I was honored to spend an unforgettable few minutes in the warmth and humerus company of Mr. Donald Stratton. Both he and his shipmate Mr. Ken Potts would [Read more]
DONALD STRATTON – Seaman First Class USS Arizona (BB-39) Pearl Harbor is one of those tragic milestones of WWII on which so many subsequent events hinge. It was natural that I would try to find a [Read more]
HOWARD KENTON “KEN” POTTS – Coxswain USS Arizona (BB.39) In an incredible twist of fortune while presenting the logbook to Mr Donald Stratton in Washington DC another USS Arizona survivor was with the group, Mr Ken [Read more]
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