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Photos and artifacts that local naval ... s “proud aviation heritage,” which was crucial to war efforts before and after Pearl Harbor. “This is not about me,” DeCoite said.

After the war, the ship served in the Korean War and the Gulf War before docking in Pearl Harbor and opening as a memorial. It holds the distinction of being the world's last active service ...

The men of the Ward didn’t yet realize it, but they had just fired the first American shots of World War II. Japanese warplanes began bombing Pearl Harbor about an hour later. “I didn’t know ...

Chief Warrant Officer John Gaynor Connolly served aboard the USS Oklahoma, which capsized during the attack on Pearl Harbor.