Posted on 03/21/2016 11:56:59 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A World War II veteran who was the last surviving member of the U.S.S. Oklahoma has passed away at the age of 94.
Lewis Jacob Egnatovich was on board the U.S.S. Oklahoma when the Japanese Fleet bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
In all, 429 of his fellow shipmates were killed in the attack.
He was just 20-years-old at the time of the attack.
“On Friday, March 18, Lou died peacefully at the age of 94, cancer did what WWII could not do,” his obituary reads. “He was a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Lou was an amazing person and an American Patriot through and through. He will always be remembered and missed. This is the final salute to the last surviving crewmember of the U.S.S. Oklahoma which sunk in Pearl Harbor, now may the entire crew rest in peace.”
Services for Egnatovich will be held Friday in Florida.
What a terrible headline.
What an experience. I think I would've rather have been barbecued on the USS Arizona than slowly expire trapped in the hull of an upturned 32,000 ton battleship.
So sad to lose these heroes.
I wonder what he did between December 1941 and September 1945. Pearl Harbor was only the beginning for those heroes.
Time marches on and the heroes fade into memories. And the nation they saved deserves them less and less each day.
My thoughts too. Just what was the point of adding the cancer comment???? I would say that he died of old age.
I am going to pick a nit because this was written by a journalist:
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....of the U.S.S. Oklahoma which sunk in Pearl Harbor...
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It should either be: ...of the USS Oklahoma which sank in Pear Harbor...
Or, ...of the USS Oklahoma which was sunk during the attack at Pearl Harbor.
The writer is confusing all sorts of things that make it sound like it was written in English. But it is not English.
Current English “education” puts more meaning on what the writer meant, than what the writer means.
Yes, I am picking nits. But this nit goes along with the “me” attitude that always puts “me” first in a list of pronouns. For example, they write and say, “me and my brothers went to the store.”
These phrases sound like scratches on a chalkboard to me.
Actually, I think the writer was trying to be complimentary of the man. Cancer did what WWll couldn’t is a compliment.
Fair winds and following seas sir! Thank you. May Almighty God receive you and comfort those who love you.
There's an Australian patriotic (or anti-war, depending on your attitude) song that addresses that, called "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", about WWI soldiers in the battle of Gallipoli. The final verse is as follows:
Now ev'ry April I sit on my porch and watch the parade pass before me,
I see my old comrades how proudly they march, renewing their days of past glory
I see the old men so tired stiff and sore, the weary old heroes of a forgotten war,
and the young people ask "what are they marchin' for?"
And I ask myself the same question.
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda, as the old men still answer the call,
But year after year their numbers get fewer; someday no one will march there at all.
“On Friday, March 18, Lou died peacefully at the age of 94, cancer did what WWII could not do,” his obituary reads.
http://www.gatewayforestlawn.com/notices/Lewis-Egnotovich
And the nation they saved deserves them less and less each day.
So true..and so sad..what a nation we once were.
Its 2016 the year and decade off shit reporters,writers,journalist and pundits.
Lousy students allowed to pass are now coming home to roost.
EEOC dumshit quotas of the news industry which bye the way it is no longer.
Its more like current events,”show and tell” biased BS!!
That industry is in the crapper since the emergence of the WWW.
Lousy spell’en,. gra’mer and Sin’tax are all in the crapper with it.
Read this after posting mine...
You nailed it!!
There’s a difference between an obituary and a headline. I hope they asked the family first since they do have rights. I’d be fuming if it was my dad.
I was going to ask you where Pear Harbor is, but then I realized you gave the Japanese translation of Pearl.
The ultimate tragedy would be if these men are "weary old heroes of a forgotten war." We are the guardians of their past, much as they were the guardians of our future.
RIP to a true, hero. Prayers for his family
I sincerely doubt we have the backbone to fight a war like these men did. We are the pathetic heirs to a noble legacy. It is only the shame of betraying that legacy that gives me the strength to stay in the fight.
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