Tuesday, January 1, 2008

More Pearl Harbor Survivors

In a sad announcement, the North Dakota Pearl Harbor Survivors group has disbanded because the membership dropped to four. This is obviously a problem facing every Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Age is doing what Japanese bombs couldn't do back 66 years ago.

Green Valley, Arizona--outside American legion Post 66.

Two survivors living in southern Arizona spoke of their experiences.

William Bridges-- USS Raleigh-- "The next thing I know, I was laying flat out on them tables. That torpedo hit right across from me on the portside right out on the gangway. fact is, we had one of our old boys on the gangway and it blew him plum back to the stern of the ship."

Ed Boyles- Sgt. at Wheeler Field-- on intelligence that day. Described in the article as a"a true survivor hit by artillery and lightning...survived cancer, polio, Korea, and Vietnam. It is important for him that younger generations not forget." According to Boyle, "Bring American history back into schools and make it interesting. It is interesting."

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