Thursday, October 9, 2008

Dead Page-- Pearl Harbor Survivor

The Merced, Ca. newspaper reported Sept. 28th, that Pearl Harbor survivor, Fred McMullens, 88, died. He was on the USS Nevada that day and rarely talked about it afterwards until 2002, when his family sent him on vacation to Hawaii. This coincided with a reunion of the Nevada's crew.

After that, he spoke more of it. He threw a splicing tool at one Japanese plane that was quite close.

He was reassigned to the cruiser USS St. Louis for the remainder of the war and had vivid memories of the kamikazee attacks.

Another of the "Greatest Generation."

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