Raymond Haerry was 19 that day and the blast blew him off the USS Arizona. "The oil that was belching out of the ships ignited because of the explosion and he had to swim through that, got to Ford Island, got some medical care and somehow got a gun and fired back at the enemy and survived the day."
He is the 42nd Arizona survivor to rejoin his shipmates. Out of the 335 who survived that day, five are still alive.
--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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