07-12-2021 13:09 via kxan.com

101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost

HONOLULU (AP) — When Japanese bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor, U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell first sought refuge below deck on the USS Oklahoma.But a split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed his mind, and likely saved his life.“They started closing that hatch. And I decided to get out of there,” Russell, now 101, said in a recent interview.Within 12 minutes his battleship would capsize under a barrage of torpedoes. Altogether 429 sailor
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