Put the whole name in the title. Boring alone gives a wrong impression.
My uncle is still MIA WWII B17.
Title threw me for a minute there, till I read your post about the spelling of his name. :-)
Definitely change what’s in parentheses in title to full name -> it really looks like you’re saying ‘don’t read this, it’s (boring) ...
Thank you for posting this memorial, from 2016. The US Military honored those they could determine as KIAs from the USS Oklahoma, using recovered mitochondrial DNA. In the case of Seaman Boring— also his dentition. For what peace of mind may be had of any relatives left— for the young man (as far as is known) had no personal descendants taken at young age.
The USS Oklahoma rolled over (a huge vessel) and the horror of that meant those near topside were trapped inside sub decks filled with water. Some (very few) managed to climb up the upside down vessel to the keel plates and by banging on the metal were able to be located, and cutting torches cut out a hole for them to climb through. They had, from what can recall, the good sense to shut the hatches from the upper decks— so they had air pockets and also so when the hole was cut the compartment did not flood.
Pearl Harbor day is a sacred memory day in our family. Know exactly where our father was on this night, in picket escort to the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The morning of Dec 7, 1941 his submarine was 6 hours outside of Pearl, and both they and the Enterprise were told to remain at sea— “this is no drill”. Memories of coming into Pearl after the attack were riveted in his memory, including the fact they were on a war patrol with live torpedoes approved for use against japanese shipping- having left in October on the escort. War orders before a War. Came back in, refueled (the jap 3rd wave never came to take out the Oil Tanks), and went back out.
The Enterprise on Dec. 10 sank a jap sub off of Pearl, and remained at sea.
I asked my late father-in-law where he was on Dec. 7, 1941 since he was in the Army. His simple answer was “Getting bombed in Schofield Barracks”. Nuff said, till he landed at Iwo.
My Uncle was on the repair shop USS Vestal, moored next to the Arizona. His ship was hit by 2 Japanese bombs & was damaged by the fire & explosions from the Arizona next to them. He helped pull men from the water.
The sad thing about the Oklahoma is that Sunday morning the Oklahoma was to have an inspection by a visiting admiral so all the water tight doors through out the ship were open to allow passage of the admirals party.
When the attack came men on the Oklahoma couldn’t get all the doors closed in time to prevent the ship from turning over.
USS Oklahoma Sailor From World War II Accounted For (Navy Fireman 2nd Class James B. Boring, 21, of Vales Mill, Ohio)
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ^ | 7/29/2016 | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Posted on 12/6/2020, 7:15:37 PM by BigEdLB
GM3 Eugene Paul Hann - KIA 12/07/1941 on board USS Oklahoma
My uncle and my father’s only sibling. They both joined the Navy in 1939 and were both assigned to the Oklahoma. Dad had just applied for and was accepted to flight school when the war broke out. Dad flew combat missions in all of the major campaigns in the South Pacific and retired after 22 years. Over 10,000 hrs. logged...that’s a lot of cockpit time! He made it through the war, uncle Paul not so fortunate. He never forgot the treachery of the Japanese at Pearl, and I think he felt bit guilty at the circumstances that spared him but took his only sibling.
RIP Uncle Paul