Thursday, March 12, 2009

Dead Page: Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies

On February 22nd, Laverne Lundstrom, 90, one of two Pearl Harbor Survivors living in Rockford, Illinois, died. Her was a 23-year-old fireman first class on the USS Nevada. He lost 50 shipmates that day and went to the magazine where he started passing out ammunition.

He spent his whole life after the war telling about the battle, particularly in Rockford schools. The other Pearl Harbor survivor is Bill Foster.

The Greatest Generation.

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