Remains from Pearl Harbor attack identified as California sailor
This undated photo shows Petty Officer 1st Class Charles E. Hudson of Stockton. The remains of Hudson, who was killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor have finally been identified.
(Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency)
STOCKTON —
The remains of a U.S. Navy sailor from California who was killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday.
Petty Officer 1st Class Charles E. Hudson, 39, of Stockton was assigned to the USS Oklahoma and died when the battleship moored at Ford Island was attacked by Japanese torpedo planes and quickly capsized.