On the morning it happened, Stratton had just left the “chow hall†on the battleship Arizona when he heard a commotion up on the deck. It was a few minutes after 8 a.m. A group of fellow sailors were shouting, pointing out over the water at a cluster of planes.
“I watched one of them bank and saw the rising sun symbol under the wings and thought, ‘Boy, that’s the Japanese, and they’re bombing us,’ †he says.
Within seconds, the 19-year-old Nebraskan scrambled 60 feet up a series of ladders and joined a group of other sailors manning a five-inch, 25-caliber anti-aircraft gun.
“We were just firing away at all those planes,†he recalls. “They were coming in so close I could see the pilots when they went by. Some were waving and some were grinning.â€
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/05/us ... nized.html
Sent him 3 photos on 7 Jul and got them back signed 21 Jul..
Mr Donald Stratton
Lot 85
3405 Sinton Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Donald Stratton U S S Arizona Survivor
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