[BCreekDave]

Dad was at Pearl on the WV during the attack. On the anniversary I always wonder what it must have been like for a 18 year old kid to have gone through that. He would tell me stories about pulling dead and burned bodies out of the water. He was below decks studying for his first mate test when it started. He ran up the ladders to get topside. By the time he got topside the WV had been hit and was listing and sinking. It settled into the mud on the bottom or it would have capsized. He jumped off and was picked up by a fire tug and spent the next day on it fighting fires. Said he finally got to Ford Island and slept on the beach. I just can't imagine. Probably all reaction. I could go on with the story, but you get the picture and there are thousands of stories just like it. My biggest regret is not being able to go with him to the 50th reunion. Sure do miss him. Gone now 11 years.