From the Dec. 7, 2013, Free Press "Nicollet native rejoining USS Arizona shipmates" by Tim Krohn.
Navy divers will inter Ed Wentzlaff urn with his remains in the ship he was serving on that fateful day.
"He always said he wanted to be buried with his friends. Now he got his wish," said sister Gerry Leonard.
Twenty-five survived even though they were in the open on the foredeck when the ship blew up. "He was shaving for church. he was just in his underwear.
Mr. Wentzlaff died of cancer in September at the age of 95. Just 335 of the 1,512 crew survived tghe attack and most are still entombed on the ship.
He was born Nov. 16, 1917, and married Alice Mork in 1947.
--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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