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From: Roger Smith
Date: 05 Jun 2001
Time: 22:35:56
My dad, Raymond E. Smith, was a Fire Controlman First Class, on the USS West Virginia the day of the Attack. He was reported killed in action, but my grandparents received word on Christmas Eve in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio that a mistake had been made....he was alive. He was transferred to the USS Mahan, which was attacked by kamikazes on December 7, 1944. I was never able to get him to speak about his experiences of the day of the Pearl Harbor raid, even many years later. He passed away in August of 1998, of the complications of Lou Gehrig's disease. If anyone remembers my dad, I would love to hear from you, especially about what happened to him that day. Please e-mail me at aabf@wcoil.com.