William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...
What You Need to Know: The Yamato-class battleships ... The lead ship of the class, the Yamato, was commissioned in 1941, just days after Japan’s deadly attack against America at Pearl Harbor.
Dick Ramsey was on board the USS Nevada off the coast of France during the Allied invasion on D-Day, June 6, 1944 — 2½ years after the battleship nearly sank in shallow water at Pearl Harbor ...
a demilitarized battleship moored at Pearl Harbor, when the first of two torpedoes struck the vessel the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. The ship began to capsize, sending Mr. Upton and hundreds of other ...
Thursday’s ceremony was held on a field across the harbor from the USS Arizona Memorial, a white structure that sits above the rusting hull of the battleship ... services lead for Pearl Harbor ...