From the Aug. 3rd Columbus (Ne) Telegram.
Pearl Harbor survivor Art Gersib died at age 91. Now that are less than 15 living Pearl Harbor survivors in Nebraska. He and three friends were on their way to the mess hall for a special breakfast when they saw planes coming in low. They hit the ground right away when the firing began.
From the August 1st Grand Rapids (Mi) Fox 17.
Henru Emelander, 93, one of the last two Pearl Harbor survivors in western Michigan died. He enlisted in the Navy twice in the 1930s. The second time he was sent to salvage and repair ships at Pearl Harbor. His ship, the Vestal was tied up next to the USS Arizona when the attack came.
A very bad place to be. He had never swam a day in his his life, but quickly learned after being ordered to abandon ship.
The Greatest Generation.
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