HONOLULU When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma.
Brothers Leo and Rudolph Blitz, just 16 when they signed up, were so young their father had to go to the recruiting office in Omaha to give his permission.
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"Those darn torpedoes, they just kept hitting us and kept hitting us. I thought they'd never stop," U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell said.