World war ii. Up next, we will hear from survivors stationed at honolulu in 1941. The National Park service conducted an oral history. This is about an hour. Were in a hurricane for 9 days coming over from san diego. You have a rather green crew, when we got into honolulu and some of us got liberty. We took a taxi into the army slash navy y. I walked across the street, i ordered a soda and the lady said, youre from the u. S. S. Ward. And i said how do you know . She said youre all that delicate shade of green. The u. S. S. Ward was the guardianship, part of division 80 which consisted of four old destroyers, the ward, the sly, the alan and the chew. We rotated duty guarding the Entrance Channel to pearl harbor. The regulations were that on all the charts of the world was an indication that no submarine must approach pearl harbor within 100 miles without coming to the surface and requesting a destroyer escort on the surface to approach any closer to honolulu or pearl harbor. We had ofte
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Fundraisers • A spring craft and vendor show will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4 at St. John the Evangelist Church Hall, 306 St. John Drive, Latrobe. Homemade haluski, pierogi and meatball sandwiches and other lunch items will be sold. Free admission. The church is accessible and
Some Hempfield firefighters came away from a department meeting Saturday with answers to their burning questions. Others left seeking further information. At Saturday’s fire forum, township officials hoped to smooth over concerns, answer uncertainties about the state of the fire department and clarify the “all-in” process, through which individual stations
Fort Allen Volunteer Fire Department is the third of the township’s stations to take steps toward becoming a nonchartered service under the umbrella of the Hempfield Fire Department. The township received a letter Tuesday indicating the station’s intent to “go all in,” according to fire Chief Anthony Kovacic and Township