Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Local Residents Tell Their Pearl Harbor Tales

HERMAN F. JOHNSON was a high school freshman doing homework and listening to the radio when he heard the news of the attack. He also listened to FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech the next day.

JIM FRISBIE, 96, of Cadillac, and his wife, were having dinner at his parents' house and that put a definite chill on the meal when they heard of the attack. His brother was stationed at Pearl Harbor. They later learned his brother Doug was in Honolulu, but raced back to the base.

MARGE MATTISON, 20 at the time, was selling movie tickets at the Center Theater and found out about the attack when her manager returned from dinner and told her about it. She went home and talked to her parents and listened to the radio.

Day of Infamy. --DaCoot

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