David Russell was on the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked with torpedoes on this day 80 years ago. But a split second decision to get off the ship likely saved his life as Japanese ...
On July 8, 2021, nearly 80 years after he died during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the remains of Navy Fireman First Class Neal K. Todd were flown home. More than 50 of his relatives, ...
Brothers Harold and William Trapp did everything together, even joining the U.S Navy in 1939 where they served on the USS Oklahoma. Tragically the close siblings, who were born in Chicago and raised in La ...
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Famously dubbed “a date which will live in infamy,” it marked a dramatic beginning to US ...
Floyd Welch who helped to save lives during the battle of Pearl Harbor, has died aged 99. The Burlington, Connecticut-born hero helped cut holes in the overturned USS Oklahoma ship and save the sailors ...
Aaron Cook, who served as a US Navy Aviation Chief Ordnanceman during the war, died on August 10 at the age of 96. Cook, from Fort Worth, enlisted in the Navy just days after his 18th ...