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.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Death of Pearl Harbor Survivor in 2012

From the April 11, 2012, Panama City (Fl) News Herald:"Update: Pearl Harbor survivor dies."

Ronnie Everitt, 93, died April 11, 2012.

He was an Army radar technician at Hickam Field on Oahu and was having breakfast.  he thought the Marines were having exercises.

After the attack, day and night, he manned a machine gun in  a pit along with others spaced every 50-100 yards apart.

--GreGen

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