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.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Death of Iowa Pearl Harbor Survivor Bob Ulrich (Only One Iowa Survivor Left)

From the February 28, 2016, Gazette (Iowa).

Bob Ulrich turned 18 just before Pearl Harbor was bombed.  he and his brother George, who had just turned 20, were both on The USS California, but on opposite sides of the battleship.  George had disappeared when the attack was over.  His remains were found later and he was buried in Bakersfield, California.

In 2014, Bob Ulrich was one of only four-known Pearl Harbor survivors living in Iowa and the only one from eastern Iowa.

As of last week,Clarence Pfundheller of Audubon is the only Iowa resident from that day still alive.

During the attack, he had been in the Navy for three years and was on the USS Maryland.

--GreGen

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