Pearl Harbor witness
Greetings,
I did not have the privldege of serving in the military. However my older sister's husband had a very interesting few years in the Navy. He was very young when he enlisted in the early 1940's. He had one overseas assignment, but as he related his story to me, it proved to be very memorable. He was a radio technician stationed in Pearl Harbor late in 1941. His duty was to man an antenna position on one the highest points on the island. He would be there for about a week and then relieved and then back on top of the mountain again. On that infamous day in December of 1941, he heard the sounds of many aircraft. Not knowing what they were, he just looked in awe. He quickly noticed one of the airplanes was heading straight for his position with guns blazing. Not knowing what was going on, he headed for cover. The shooting destroyed all the radio equipment. Then all hell broke loose quite a ways from his shack. Not having any method of communication, he just watched in awe as smoke billowed below. He passed away a few years back, but I always enjoyed his stories. Here is his picture back then.
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