Thank you for this post. I have been looking for an article on Pearl Harbor today on any of the MSM websites. Finally found one near the bottom of Fox News.
Hardly anyone thinks of this anymore and it’s such a pity. I never knew anyone that experienced PH but I had a 21 year old uncle that was killed on the USS Boise during the naval battles around Guadalcanal in 1942. He was a Gunners Mate 2nd class, I’m told. God bless them all.
On the night of 11–12 October 1942, during the Battle of Cape Esperance, the task force of which Boise was part encountered a force of Japanese cruisers and destroyers to the west of Guadalcanal. In the engagement Boise was hit a number of times, twice by fire from a Japanese heavy cruiser from about 7,500 yards (6,900 m) range. One hit exploded upon impact on her armor causing little damage. The other penetrated under the waterline and exploded in the 6 in (152 mm) magazine located between number I and II turrets causing a powder fire and flooding, putting turrets I, II, and III out of action and causing a number of casualties[11] including 107 killed.[12]