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Offspring OFFSPRING OFFSPRING Issue 3, 2014 The National Newsletter of the SONS and DAUGHTERS of PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS, INC. “Pearl Harbor ~ December 7, 1941 ~ Lest We Forget” Summer Edition SPEAKERSMemorial FOR 2014 NA DayTIONAL ~ CONVENTION2014 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, THOMAS KIMMEL Grandson of Admiral Kimmel A noted Pearl Harbor scholar, former FBI agent, and eldest grandson of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, Commander of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor during the attack on December 7,1941, Tom Kimmel comes from a family of distinguished scholars and government servants dedicated to protecting America. Notwithstanding the preceding, his grandfather was accused from the well of the House of Representatives of failing to prevent World War II, and the Cold War. His fourth great grandfather was accused of starting the Revolutionary War, and the Whiskey Rebellion. Tom welcomes the opportunity to respond to the allegations. A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Tom served on three warships during the Vietnam War and attended John Marshall Law School prior to joining the FBI in 1973, where he continued to serve his Country as an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for more than 25 years. Tom investigated organized crime in Cleveland, served on the House Appropriations Committee Surveys and Investigations Staff at CIA Headquarters, headed the FBI in East Texas, headed the Labor Racketeering Unit at FBI Headquarters, headed the National Drug Intelligence Center in Johnstown, PA, and served on the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. Tom was also the Assistant Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia FBI Division heading the Foreign Counterintelligence and Terrorism Programs during the 1st attack on the World Trade Center in 1993. Upon retiring from the FBI, Tom served as a consultant to the Bureau addressing major spy scandals in the FBI and CIA. Tom has appeared at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, twice on 60 Minutes, on War Stories Investigates with Oliver North, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, and spoken throughout the United States, Canada, Columbia, and Japan to hundreds of groups of all ages frequently as a repeat speaker A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM AND THEN... THERE IS THE REAL DEAL THE SON OF A CIVILIAN SURVIVOR: PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR: Ed Martinez Myron Jay Carraway Ed Martinez will be our Guest Speaker for the SDPHS Jay Carraway is from Pensacola, Florida, Convention Luncheon. He is from Kapolei, Hawaii and has and the father of Rick Carraway, our currently joined the Lake Erie Chapter 2 in Ohio as a Friend of National Trustee and Vice-Presidential the Chapter. His story is amazing and he will travel from Hawaii candidate. Jay is founder and President to share it with us. Ed is the direct descendant of family members Emeritus of PHSA Chapter 138 in who lived through the bombing at Pensacola, Florida and will speak a few Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and minutes at our banquet on Sunday, will tell you the civilian side of the December 7th. He was stationed aboard bombing. Many of his family members the USS Hulbert during the attack on worked at the Navy Yard. Very Pearl Harbor. We are honored to have him join us and give his interesting and eye-opening stories personal testimony of that Infamous Day on December 7th, 1941. from his family were told to him over the years and will now be told to us. Plan on attending. This convention promises to be We welcome him as a true supporter of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Memorable! Harbor survivors. Offspring C ALENDAR OF E VENTS Issue 3, 2014 SDPHS September 1 Labor Day NATIONAL September 11 Patriot Day November 11 Veteran’s Day OFFICERS December 4-8 SDPHS National Convention, www.sdphs.org Charleston, SC, Holiday Inn NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS National President, Louella Large 5533 Clover Street 2014 SDPHS NATIONAL CONVENTION Louisville, OH 44641 (330) 309-2813 cell (234) 252-9064 Home [email protected] National Vice President, Joseph Kralik 99 Springmeadow Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15326 (412) 561-0860 [email protected] National Secretary, Carol Gladys 36675 Giles Road Grafton, Ohio 44044-9124 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (850) 867-0645 cell [email protected] December 4 - 8, 2014 National Treasurer, Carolyn Sparks 549 Chadford Road Irmo, South Carolina 29063-2268 12/04 1 - 5 PM Registration & Small Stores (803) 781-5452 - 803-238-9115 (cell) [email protected] 6:00 PM Dinner cruise - Leaving from Patriot’s Point National Trustees Eileen Farley: [email protected] California 12/05 9 - 11 AM Registration & Small Stores 1:00 PM Bus Tour: Historic Charleston, Battery Rick Carraway: [email protected] Maryland Park, Lone Sailor Memorial, H.L. Hunley submarine (4 hour tour) Parliamentarian, DeWitt Davenport 5013 Oakmont Circle 7:00 PM SDPHS Board Meeting Harlingen, TX 78552 (956) 793-0123 [email protected] 12/06 9 - 11 AM Registration & Small Stores Registrar, Joanne Adams 9:30 AM Child Survivor Meeting 4065 Paducah Drive 11 - 2 PM Membership Luncheon San Diego, CA 92117-5321 (858) 273-1036 3 -5 PM General Membership Business Meeting [email protected] Child Survivor Coordinator, Mary Ellen Smith 12/07 TBA Bus to Pearl Harbor memorial ceremonies 5903 Arbor Road aboard the USS Yorktown Lakewood, CA 90713 (562) 421-3834 6 - 11 PM Banquet [email protected] Website Coordinator, Barbara Ford 12/08 9 AM NEW Board Meeting 1353 Kim Place Minden, NV 89423 www.sdphs.org (970) 759-3259 Note: [email protected] All locations for events will be shown in your packet Editor, Carmen Harding that you will receive upon registration) 26 High Street Brookeville, Maryland 20833 (301) 774-5577 or (240) 997-4327 [email protected] The Offspring is the official newsletter of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, Storekeeper - Jack Saxton Inc. It is published for the benefit of dues paying members. Please send any editorial content to: (see Small Store Order Form for contact information inside each issue of Offspring) [email protected]. Next Deadline October 13. 2 Offspring Issue 3, 2014 FROM YOUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT . Louella Large ur organization preserves the memory of the Pearl Harbor survivors and the Japanese attack on Pearl O Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. Since that tragedy and during our lifetime, our nation has been confronted with many other tragedies at home and abroad, both natural and man-made. Let us keep those who face such tragedies today in our thoughts and prayers. Remembrance is the highest tradition bestowed upon our nation and on the SDPHS. Please contact those Pearl Harbor survivors in your area who we are fortunate to still have with us. Visit our memorials we have purchased in their memory. Tell their stories as they have told you to others. Send their pictures & stories to me for display at our conventions. Send any memorabilia that you wish to donate to the SDPHS in their name to me also. Hopefully one day, we will have enough memorabilia, to have a PHS Museum and Library stateside for children to visit and learn all the facts of that Infamous Day. Our trademarks are once more secure. Our V.P. Joe Kralik handled this duty under my instructions. Please note his article in this Offspring. Our trademark and logo and all the work that the attorneys did for the SDPHS pro bono will be on display at our convention this year. I thank Carol Gladys for locating this attorney and Joe for carrying out the duties to renew such vital data. I am very excited about this convention. Instead of regular entertainment at our banquet, we will go down Memory Lane with music, dance and dress. I invite everyone attending to enjoy the music of the 40's & 50's. Dress Hawaiian style in your muumuus or dress accordingly to the period. We will have a DJ and everyone can dance to the music of the era. You will hear Hawaiian music to cuddle to or to hula to and on into the sock hop period which is for the next generation that followed the war years and depression. There will be a contest for Most Original Dress, 1 for Hawaiian, 1 for military & 1 for the dress worn back home. We will also have dance contests with prizes. Our main speaker at the banquet, will be Thomas Kimmel. Our Luncheon speaker will be coming from Hawaii. He is Friend of the Lake Erie Chapter 2 in Ohio. His relatives who worked at the bases & experienced another facet of the bombing told the stories of Pearl Harbor throughout his life. The dinner cruise will be most relaxing and fun. Make memories and send your registration to Carol Gladys now and plan on attending this very memorable convention. It has been a long 5½ years but most memorable. My heart will always be with each and every member of the SDPHS. I will continue speaking & telling the stories sent to me of our survivors until I can no longer speak. My dedication to keeping the memory alive will never fade. Please attend convention - support the Pearl Harbor survivors and the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor survivors. Help make my last convention as your National President the best ever! Thank you for supporting me in the past and having the confidence in me to do all we have done together as a team these past years. Your commitment of membership, your donations, support and willingness to step forward and assist or run for office is the backbone of our organization. I feel honored to have served you and worked with you for the sake of preserving our Survivors memories and their stories.