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'I’ve told my stories': One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona has died at 97
« on: February 18, 2020, 02:55:59 pm »
'I’ve told my stories': One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona has died at 97
Shaun McKinnon
The Republic | azcentral.com

PHOENIX – Through the soles of his shoes, Donald Stratton could feel the heat from the platform where he stood on the wounded USS Arizona. The battleship shuddered as another explosion, the most powerful yet, cracked its hull.

Six men huddled on the port side fire control tower, burned badly, trapped as the ship sank in the shallow waters near Honolulu that day, Dec. 7, 1941. Had it been only 14 minutes since Japanese bombers shattered the morning, 14 minutes since an air ambush brought war to Pearl Harbor?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/17/uss-arizona-survivors-donald-stratton-dies-colorado-springs-97/4783791002/
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Re: 'I’ve told my stories': One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona has died at 97
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2020, 03:09:45 pm »
Thank you Mr Stratton, and RIP.
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Re: 'I’ve told my stories': One of the last survivors of the USS Arizona has died at 97
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2020, 01:43:27 am »
Good article!
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