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WWII hero from Akeley comes home on July 10 Neal K. Todd, a casualty of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor almost 80 years ago, will finally be buried in Akeley on July 10. 6:00 am, Jun. 9, 2021 × Todd s memorial at the Akeley Paul Bunyan Historical Museum includes a Pearl Harbor medal, his mother s gold star pin, a bundle of his letters home and even some of the holiday menus from his ship, the USS Oklahoma. (Robin Fish/Enterprise, June 7, 2021) A local man who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is finally coming home. Fireman 1st Class Neal K. Todd, 22, was one of 16 members of the class of 1938 at Akeley High School and one of eight sons of Irena Todd Staffenhagen who served in the U.S. military. His life was cut short on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 when Japanese aircraft attacked Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. ....