From the Nov. 24, 2015, Kansas City Star "Kansas City area Pearl Harbor survivor dies" by Brian Burnes.
Died Monday at 92.
Was a member of U.S. Army Air Corps with a tow target detachment at Hickam Field. Was awakened by a droning noise and went to his balcony and saw a Japanese plane pass overhead.
He never talked much about it until he attended a survivors commemoration in Pearl Harbor in 2006 and then became very active.
Born 1923 in Keokuk, Iowa and retired fro Air Force after 30 years.His death leaves just three Kansas City area survivors.
--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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