Frank Borrell, 94,of Beacon, N.Y. and Orlando, Fla. talks to reporters on board the decomissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after a Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II. ... The Missouri today sits just behind the USS Arizona, which sank in the Japanese attack that pushed the U.S. into the war in 1941. S...
After collecting his composure, Husted continued, “She was my first ship and it's difficult to talk about. The count on the Oklahoma was the second largest loss of life. The fact that I was not aboard disturbed me for many a year, but l really didn't ... Finn, who passed away earlier this year, was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Japanese attack on <...
Both Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the attack on the New York World Trade Center in 2001 united Americans, but for post-modern Americans, the response was short lived....
... Oahu, was among the first American units to be involved in the Pacific Theater, as they were guarding the north shore of Oahu, exchanging fire with Japanese aircraft during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Positively Right...