Remembering Pearl Harbor Eyewitness Accounts

In the fifty years that have passed since the Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbor and America suffered its greatest defeat of the war, many studies of the 'date which will live in infamy' have been written. Virtually every detail of the event has been dissected, every perspective explored--except one. Until now, we have not had a full account from the U.S. enlisted men and women who lived through the attack. This book is their story.

Introduction

xi

Attack at Sea

1

(10)

Fireman Third Class William Ellis, USS Antares

3

(8)

Battleship Row

11

(80)

Private First Class James Cory, USS Arizona

14

(8)

Seaman First Class Clay H. Musick, USS Arizona

22

(5)

Seaman Martin Matthews, Ford Island, USS Arizona

27

(8)

Boatswain's Mate Second Class Joseph George, USS Vestal

35

(6)

Seaman First Class William W. Fomby, USS Oklahoma

41

(7)

Gunner's Mate Third Class George E. Waller, USS Maryland

48

(5)

Seaman Jack Kelley, USS Tennessee

53

(7)

Shipfitter Third Class Louis Grabinski, USS West Virginia

60

(9)

Fireman Dan Wentrcek, USS Nevada

69

(7)

Machinist's Mate Second Class Leon Bennett, USS Neosho

76

(7)

Musician First Class Warren G. Harding, USS California

83

(8)

The Navy Yard and Ford Island

91

(72)

Seaman Virgle (``Archie'') Wilkerson, Ford Island Naval Air Station

94

(7)

Fire Controlman Third Class James McClelland, USS Helen

101

(6)

Seaman First Class A. J. Dunn, USS Oglala

107

(5)

Electrician's Mate Third Class Jack J. White, USS New Orleans

112

(7)

Machinist's Mate Second Class James R. Kanaman, USS Tracy

119

(8)

Gunner's Mate Third Class Frank Townsend, USS Pennsylvania

127

(6)

Fire Controlman Third Class Charles Horner, USS Cassin

133

(6)

Gunner's Mate Second Class Curtis Schulze, USS Downes

139

(6)

Yeoman First Class Leonard Webb, Fourteenth Naval District Headquarters

145

(9)

Private Leslie Le Fan, Marine Barracks, U. S. Naval Station

154

(9)

North Northwest of Ford Island

163

(48)

Seaman Second Class John Vaessen, USS Utah

165

(6)

Seaman First Class Nick L. Kouretas, USS Raleigh

171

(8)

Radioman Third Class Clifton Bellew, USS Detroit

179

(6)

Storekeeper Third Class Robert N. Isacksen, USS Tangier

185

(5)

Water Tender Second Class Emil T. Beran, USS Allen

190

(7)

Yeoman Second Class Kenneth Isaacs and Eliza Isaacs, USS Dobbin

197

(9)

Machinist's Mate First Class Rudolph P. Zalman, USS Medusa

206

(5)

Hickam Field, Fort Kamehameha, and Tripler Army Hospital

211

(20)

Private First Class C. R. (``Jim'') Gross, Hickam Field

213

(6)

Staff Sergeant Frank Luciano, Fort Kamehameha

219

(7)

Second Lieutenant Revella Guest, Tripler Army Hospital

226

(5)

Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Field

231

(36)

Sergeant Emil Matula, Schofield Barracks

233

(5)

Chaplains Marcus A. Valenta and Herbert C. Straus, Schofield Barracks and Fourteenth Naval District Headquarters

238

(8)

Second Lieutenant Ada M. Olsson, Schofield Barracks Army Hospital

246

(4)

Staff Sergeant Stephen Koran and Flora Belle Koran, Wheeler Field

250

(9)

Lieutenant Everett (``Stu'') Stewart, Wheeler Field

259

(8)

Kaneohe Naval Air Station and Bellows Field

267

(24)

Yeoman First Class Kenton Nash and Minerva Nash, Kaneohe Naval Air Station

269

(9)

Painter Third Class Henry Retzloff, Jr., Kaneohe Naval Air Station

278

(6)

Lieutenant Phillip Willis, Bellows Field

284

(7)

Epilogue

291

(4)

Sources

295

(4)

Index

299

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Remembering Pearl Harbor Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women

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