From the Dec. 14th Honolulu Advertiser.
Sterling Cole, 88, was a pharmacist's mate stationed at the US Naval Hospital in 1941 and watched in horror as Japanese bombs struck one battleship after another and then there was that giant explosion when the USS Arizona blew up.
Later, he helped rescue bodies from the water. There was so much fire and oil in the water, he found it necessary to dive below it to look for the dead and wounded. In all, he retrieved 46.
"Sometimes, for people who were dead, I had to throw a rope around their leg and haul them behind (a boat) to get them to shore."
Greatest Generation.
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