From the September 27, 2012, Joliet (Il) Herald-News "Navy veteran survived Pearl Harbor attack" by Jean Edwards.
Peter Senffner died May 23, 2012, at age 94. He enlisted in the Navy Jan. 3, 1941 and trained at Great Lakes Naval Base before going to Pearl Harbor on the USS Nevada. Once there, he was assigned to report to the cruiser USS Raleigh March 12, 1941. He went to Daogo, Midway and Mexico in the months leading up to the attack.
December 7th, the Raleigh was hit by a torpedo. During the action, the ship shot down five Japanese planes. Said Mr. Senffner, "We got our second Japanese plane; then our ship began to sink."
The Greatest Generation.
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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