Posted on 12/07/2021 9:08:36 AM PST by j.havenfarm
I have been told that a cousin is interred in the USS Arizona, “MADDOX, Raymond Dudley”. Rest in peace.
Also, after a survivor passes many have been interred at the USS Arizona site with their fellow shipmates.
Same here. Last name Richter. Coxswain.
My Father in law was an Ensign stationed aboard the Arizona. He was off duty that weekend and home with his wife on the hills over the harbor. The attack woke him and he got into his uniform and drove down to the harbor. He worked for three days straight, learned how to dive on the spot and worked rescue and recovery.
My mother in law, five months pregnant with my brother in law, was evacuated to San Francisco and my father in law, who, in addition to English, spoke French, Italian, German and Spanish got re-assigned to the Atlantic. He later got to participate in D-Day
My Dad served on the Utah in ww1 . He was the last ww1 veteran in Alabama.
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