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Without these men, and women of our greatest generation, we would not have been the people we were for the 50 years following this massacre! Thank GOD they can not see us today!
Another one of the Greatest Generation headed for one last formation and roll call.
Via Stars and Stripes
Joe Langdell was known for the World War II stories he could tell.
He was well qualified, having watched from shore as his ship, the USS Arizona, sank during the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
The 100-year-old Langdell — the Yuba-Sutter, Calif., area’s last Pearl Harbor survivor and a fixture in Marysville’s annual Veterans Day parade — died Wednesday, family members confirmed.
He had an outgoing personality as well as an affinity recounting the historic attack and had been living in Yuba City, Calif.[…]
John Langdell said his father’s remains will be interred at the site of the USS Arizona, the ship on which he served, next Dec. 7. A local public memorial service will likely be held in April, he said.
Don Schrader, a local veterans advocate and a board member of the Museum of Forgotten Warriors in Yuba County, noted Langdell visited the museum from time to time.
“He went to the parades and always wore his uniform,” Schrader said. “It’s the passing of an era. It is unfortunate, but we are losing those guys.”[…]
The Appeal-Democrat has recounted Joe Langdell’s story multiple times during the past several decades. As told to the A-D in 2009, he was 28 years old and asleep on Ford Island when the attack happened and watched helplessly from shore as the Arizona sank and 1,177 sailors assigned to it were lost.
Retiring as a lieutenant commander, Joe Langdell was thought to be the last surviving officer assigned at that time to the Arizona. He was recently one of only seven survivors from the ship, John Langdell said.
Joe Langdell told the Appeal-Democrat in 2009 that he likely would have been killed if he had been on board the Arizona when it was attacked. “Saw it sink? Hell, yes,” he said in 2009. “I was right there on shore, as close as you could get while keeping out of the bomb range.”
Another one of the Greatest Generation headed for one last formation and roll call.
Via Stars and Stripes
Joe Langdell was known for the World War II stories he could tell.
He was well qualified, having watched from shore as his ship, the USS Arizona, sank during the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
The 100-year-old Langdell — the Yuba-Sutter, Calif., area’s last Pearl Harbor survivor and a fixture in Marysville’s annual Veterans Day parade — died Wednesday, family members confirmed.
He had an outgoing personality as well as an affinity recounting the historic attack and had been living in Yuba City, Calif.[…]
John Langdell said his father’s remains will be interred at the site of the USS Arizona, the ship on which he served, next Dec. 7. A local public memorial service will likely be held in April, he said.
Don Schrader, a local veterans advocate and a board member of the Museum of Forgotten Warriors in Yuba County, noted Langdell visited the museum from time to time.
“He went to the parades and always wore his uniform,” Schrader said. “It’s the passing of an era. It is unfortunate, but we are losing those guys.”[…]
The Appeal-Democrat has recounted Joe Langdell’s story multiple times during the past several decades. As told to the A-D in 2009, he was 28 years old and asleep on Ford Island when the attack happened and watched helplessly from shore as the Arizona sank and 1,177 sailors assigned to it were lost.
Retiring as a lieutenant commander, Joe Langdell was thought to be the last surviving officer assigned at that time to the Arizona. He was recently one of only seven survivors from the ship, John Langdell said.
Joe Langdell told the Appeal-Democrat in 2009 that he likely would have been killed if he had been on board the Arizona when it was attacked. “Saw it sink? Hell, yes,” he said in 2009. “I was right there on shore, as close as you could get while keeping out of the bomb range.”