Today marks a day that we give our thanks to those who put their lives on the line to keep us living as we do.
As such, all my blogs are devoted to thanks today.
From the Channel 10 Tampa Bay News "Navy sailor from Florida killed in Pearl Harbor comes home nearly 80 years later."
Petty Officer 2nd Class James M. Flanagan was killed on board the USS Oklahoma on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack on the base. He was 22 years old at the time.
The ship turned over after being hit with several torpedoes and many of the crew trapped. It took the Navy until 1944 to upright the ship and recover the remains, which by that time were fairly disintegrated. His body was one of those and he was buried on Oahu as an Oklahoma Unknown until recent DNA testing found his remains.
He was reburied under his name at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
His family in Jacksonville was unable to attend because of the virus, but will receive the flag that covered his casket.
Again, a Big Thank You to All American Veterans.
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