On December 6, 1941, three sailors were photographed while having a drink at a bar in Pearl Harbor. Clifford Olds (right), was on board USS West Virginia when it was sunk during the Japanese attack the next morning. When salvage workers found his remains in a compartment several months later, a marked calendar revealed that he and two other shipmates had lived for 16 days trapped within the ship.
Source: USNI
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6 December 2025 at 20:22
The thought of their suffering in the dark with dying hope is heart wrenching.
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7 December 2025 at 07:59
When on the 3ed Fleet staff in 1984 we were headquartered on Ford Island. We went past USS Arizona on the ferry each morning and late afternoon going home. Those still entombed on her made their memories come alive with the knowledge or their sacrifice.
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