He died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. After 84 years, he’s coming home to NC
Neil Frye was a 20-year-old mess attendant from Vass, N.C., aboard the USS West Virginia when a Japanese torpedo sank it in ...
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Naval Station Pearl Harbor Base Guide
The primary mission of Pearl Harbor is to provide berthing and shore side support to surface ships and submarines, as well as maintenance and training.
Vass sailor to be buried near home decades after dying in the attack on Pearl Harbor
Mess Attendant 3rd Class Neil Daniel Frye was 19 when he died during Pearl Harbor. Eight five years later, he's returning ...
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USS Vermont returns to Hawaii after first deployment to the Western Pacific
The USS Vermont returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii after the ... Vermont is the third U.S. Navy ship named after the Green Mountain State. Vermont was administratively ...
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Jessie Mahaffey, Survivor of Pearl Harbor Attack, Dies at 102
“It turned upside down and we had to slide over the bottom of the ship into the water.” He managed to swim to the U.S.S. Maryland, another battleship that was moored at Pearl Harbor. In ...
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Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor honored in Barnstable on 105th birthday
Freeman K. Johnson was expecting only a cake for his 105th birthday celebration Wednesday in Hyannis. But others had a different idea.