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Survivor of the Sinking of the California on Dec 7, 1941 interview. “Oral History Interview with Charles E. Daugherty, June 19, 2009” Audio— 1 hour, 12 minutes
National Museum of the Pacific War…via Texas History Portal ^ | 6/19/2019 | Charles “Chuck” Daughterty

Posted on 12/07/2024 7:59:26 AM PST by Phoenix8

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles E Daugherty. Daugherty joined the Navy in 1939. He received basic training at Great Lakes and was aboard the USS California (BB-44) during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He remained at his battle station as a phone talker, nearly suffocating as the ship’s ventilation system malfunctioned. When the order was given to abandon ship, Daugherty was carried up two flights of stairs. Then a ferry came by and Daugherty stepped aboard, hiding in a sand pile for the remainder of the attack. The next day, he returned to the ship and found 12 casualties at his battle station. Daugherty spent the remainder of the war aboard YO-170, refueling ships in the Pacific Northwest. He recalls a celebration in downtown Seattle on V-J Day. After discharge, he worked for 30 years cleaning ships, aircraft, and motor transports at various docks.

(Excerpt) Read more at texashistory.unt.edu ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 19411207; godsgravesglyphs; pacificwar; pearlharbor; ussbbcalifornia; worldwareleven; ww2; wwii
This is my mother’s, mother’s ,brother. I remember him distantly but very clearly.

Thank you for listening and please share.

1 posted on 12/07/2024 7:59:26 AM PST by Phoenix8
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Years ago I visited the Arizona Memorial in Hawaii. Apart from the oil slick and other aspects of the memorial itself...all incredibly moving...I was astounded by how many East Asians I saw there. I know that Hawaii is a favorite vacation spot for Japanese but I'm not sure about Koreans or Chinese. If any of them *were* Japanese I hope they weren't saying to themselves “too bad we didn't beat those American running dogs”.
2 posted on 12/07/2024 8:31:12 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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A day that will live in infamy. Three of my four uncles served in WWII. My father wanted to serve, but he flunked the physical three times due to a duodenal ulcer. He was a scoutmaster. His scout troop went to work supporting the war effort. They raised a victory garden. They collected materials needed in the war effort, and they sold $70,000 in war bonds.

The troop’s founding Scout master was Rabbi Alexander Goode, who was one of the Four Chaplains, who went down on the Dorchester, after giving up their life jackets to other military passengers who needed them.


3 posted on 12/07/2024 8:43:03 AM PST by Daveinyork ( )
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The rest of the keyword, sorted:

4 posted on 12/07/2024 8:50:50 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

5 posted on 12/07/2024 8:50:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Phoenix8

My Dad’s Army Air Forces bomber group on their way to the Philippines, stopped at Pearl Harbor a couple of months after the bombing and my Dad told me that some of the ships were still smoking from the attack.


6 posted on 12/07/2024 9:39:14 AM PST by Inyo-Mono
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The last surviving Pearl Harbor warship was The Coast Guard Taney, the government got their money’s worth out of that thing, USCGC Taney was commisioned in 1936 and decommisioned 12/07/1986, served throughout WWII and was in Japan for the surrender, now a museum ship in Baltimore.


7 posted on 12/07/2024 10:16:46 AM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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I might be biased but I thought he California was the most beautiful ship in the fleet. As well as her sister ship of course.

https://imgur.com/a/yE8Lvhy


8 posted on 12/07/2024 11:13:59 AM PST by Phoenix8
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Thanks for the post. Wow.


9 posted on 12/07/2024 11:24:22 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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My uncle served on the USS California from September 1937 until September 1941. My uncle ran away from home when he was 16 years old and entered the Navy when he was 17—lied about his age.

My uncle reenlisted in January 1942 and served thru WWII until September 1945.


10 posted on 12/07/2024 12:30:14 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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Wow they might have known each other.


11 posted on 12/07/2024 12:45:06 PM PST by Phoenix8
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To: Phoenix8; anyone

12 posted on 12/07/2024 1:45:04 PM PST by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Nice


13 posted on 12/07/2024 1:54:02 PM PST by Phoenix8
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My uncle was on the USS Carina when he reenlisted in 1942.

The Carina was a supply ship that operated in the South Pacific carrying supplies from the base at Vanuatu to the war zones.

So if your relative was at Vanuatu loading supplies at the same time, they could have met there as well.


14 posted on 12/07/2024 2:28:23 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

My pleasure.


15 posted on 12/07/2024 3:07:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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Strangely enough the sister of chuck, in the interview, was married to my grandfather. Anyway..HE was in the South Pacific as part of the 871 (831st? Can’t remember). AAEB or army airforce engineer battalion. They did a LOT of work, some of which the sea-bees got credit for in the eyes of the public at least. They would go to a rugged island, literally a jungle. And in a few months have graveled roads roads, a quarry, saw mills, hospitals, barracks, power station and lines, dugouts, sewers, water treatments and yes of course an airbase. AAEBs would do all of that…even sometimes build wharfs for the navy!

The Japanese were absolutely dismayed at our ability to build stuff and work.

He was on several Islands…I’ll try and get his papers out and look it up (that one does sound familiar).


16 posted on 12/07/2024 5:12:50 PM PST by Phoenix8
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He was in the 821st AAEB.

First base was Sam Fran spring of ‘42 and Oregon for a month
Sailed on the USS Klip to Fiji Isalnds. July ‘42 to Jan ‘44.
Sailed on the Meteor to the Russel Isalnds from Jan to April ‘44
Sailed on the Mintaka to Los Negros/Admirality Isles Apr-Oct ‘44
Sailed on 4 LSTs to Leyte Philippines Oct ‘44 to Feb ‘45 (saw combat)
Sailed on 2 LSTs (multiple trips) to Samar P.I. Feb-may ‘45
Saliled on 4 LSTs to Manila P.I. May-wars end ‘45

I have many historical and personal notes in this magazine (issued to all troops at the end) but Postimages is down so I can’t share more now.


17 posted on 12/07/2024 5:52:54 PM PST by Phoenix8
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