Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 OFFSPRING The National Newsletter of the SONS and DAUGHTERS of PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS, INC.

“Pearl Harbor ~ December 7, 1941 ~ Lest We Forget” A salute to all veterans.

Photo by Eric Miller

Veterans Day 11.11.19 - AlwaysPhoto by remember Eric “Rick” Miller 1 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019

Membership Report 7-15-2019 THRU 12-15-2019 PLEASE WELCOME THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS! National President, Deidre Kelley P.O. Box 1022 NEW LINEAL MEMBERS Yulee, FL 32041 Jenna Marguerite Crump Orem, UT PH: 904-225-0013 (H) E-Mail: [email protected] Patricia Sheila Evans Union City, NJ Donna Elaine Ahrens Long Branch, NJ National Vice President, Mary Haessig Patricia Ann Dagle Grand Rapids, MI Schiano Luella Jean Elie Stilley Coeur d’Alene, ID 3200 Osborne Road James Eugene Elie Coeur d’Alene, ID Chester, VA 23831-1946 PH: 804-796-2971 (H), 804-263-1950 (C) Elizabeth Cheryl Boulton Hayward, CA E-Mail: [email protected] Judith Ann Mudge Herman Concord, CA

National Secretary, Carol Gladys NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 1122 Fox Run Floyd Costello LaGrange, OH Grafton, OH 44044 PH: 850-867-0645 (C) Scott M. Slonoff Novato, CA E-Mail: [email protected] Brenda Kroupa Crestwood, KY Jim Hackworth Knoxville, TN National Treasurer, Mary Purifoy 7846 Hastings Street CHILD SURVIVOR HISTORY PROJECT Jacksonville, FL 32220 Please send articles and photos to: Richard Hugen, 5334 Owens Street, Arvada, CO 80002. Phone: (303) PH: 904-786-0045 (H), 904-545-5843 (C) 570-7400 e-mail: [email protected]. If you are a child survivor of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, contact E-Mail: [email protected] Richard Hugen and be recognized. Also, send an account of your memories leading up to, during & after the attack . National Trustees Carolyn Sparks FROM OUR PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR ARCHIVIST GORDON SPARKS [email protected] I need some help. I have finished listing the deaths from all of the Grams. I have 13,000 names listed and Lois Heineken about 300 errors not counting the dates of deaths. If anyone has old Pearl Harbor Survivor rosters, death [email protected] listings, either state or national I would appreciate your sharing them with me. Some of the errors are: states, stations, membership numbers, etc. I really want to make as complete a list as possible so any copies or National Registrar, Linda Hooks originals would be greatly appreciated. In addition, I currently have 4,500 names listed of their New Mem- 1414 Woodville Road ber Sheets from the Grams. You can contact me at: Mansfield, OH 44903-9478 Gordon Sparks email: [email protected] PH: 419-526-0079 (H), 419-571-2003 (C) 549 Chadford Road, Irmo, SC 29063 E-Mail: [email protected]

National Historian, Jason Ockrassa DID YOU KNOW... The Offspring is the official newsletter of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor- Sur E-Mail: [email protected] vivors, Inc. It is published for the benefit of dues paying members three times a year with a separate Ballot Issue published on even years to coincide with our National elections. PHS Archivist, Gordon Sparks E-Mail: [email protected] Please send any editorial content to Eric”Rick” Miller: [email protected]

Website Coordinator, Barbara Ford Next Issue 2020 #1 Deadline: February 15th 833 Travis Drive TABLE OF CONTENTS Carson, NV 89701 Page PH: 775-781-3555 (H) 2 National Officers /Membership Report E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Presidents Message 4 Finance Report /Donations Editor, Eric Miller 5 Death Notices / In Loving Memory 751 Countryside Hwy 6-9 State Reports: TX, IL, IN and IA Mundelein, IL 60060-2503 10 Pearl Harbor History - Previously Known but to God PH: 847-566-1670 (H) 11 In Loving Memory - John Mathrusse E-Mail: [email protected] 12-13 SDPHS Small Store / Merchandise items Storekeeper, Deidre Kelley 14 When a beloved Pearl Harbor veteran reacquaints with a longlost love — in heaven 15 Dues form / Message from temporary Editor

2 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Message from the President Deidre Kelley

Another Veterans Day has come and gone. As I paid tribute and remembered those who died and those who survived America’s wars, I thought of how our nation pulls together in times of disaster and need. We have our veterans to thank for the freedom we enjoy. Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Pearl Harbor Day are special days set aside to honor individuals who should be remembered every day. Their families never forget and neither should we. Thank every military person you meet whether in uniform or not in uniform for serving our country and fighting for our freedom.

Great news about the 2020 Savannah convention! I have signed a contract with the Em- bassy Suites Hotel Savannah, GA. For those of you who attended the 2018 New Orleans convention, you will remember the fabulous breakfast bar and managers hospitality hour. Many great conversations took place in and around the bar every evening. Our conven- tion committee has identified some exciting activities for attendees to participate in such as a trolley tour of the historical area, a Christmas show at the Savannah Theater, and a tour of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. The Museum will also be the site of our December 7 commemoration ceremony. A registration form with hotel reservation information will appear in the next issue of the Offspring. Registration forms must be returned by October 1, 2020.

Our membership continues to grow and many members are renewing their membership to active status. It is more important than ever that we recruit grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and younger members to become involved in our organization. If you know of relatives of Pearl Harbor Survivors or people who support our goals who are not members and may be interested in becoming members, please get their name, address and phone number and send to Carol Gladys, SDPHS National Secretary.

Speaking of membership, I have had two inquiries recently concerning who qualifies as a Pearl Harbor Survivor. For those who don’t know, our parent organization, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (PHSA), defined Pearl Harbor Survivors as “Those members of the U.S. Armed Service, living or deceased, who are veterans of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Island of Oahu, on December 7, 1941.” Children of U.S. Armed Service members who were living on the island of Oahu at the time of the attack are considered “child survivors” not Pearl Harbor survivors. In main- taining the legacy of the PHSA, Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors (SDPHS) has incorporated the PHS definition in their National Constitution and Bylaws.

We still have plenty of new items in the Small Stores to include Tervis cups, thank you cards, lapel and flag pins, and challenge coins. Be sure to get your orders in as soon as possible. Thank you, Deidre Kelley

3 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 FINANCIAL REPORT We thank our Donors for their January 1, 2019 - October 31, 2019 Mary Purifoy, National Treasurer Kindness and Generosity!

BEGINNING BALANCE, 01/01/2019 GENERAL FUND 17,564.38 Donations 7/16/2019 – 11/15/2019 MEMORIAL FUND 1,394.00 GENERAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP FUND 224.34 Brenda Hollis CONVENTION FUND 713.56 Kenneth Krause PH/CHILD SURVIVOR HISTORY 580.00 Rachel Sisk-Shea Outstanding Check #2486 619.13 C.M. Hoffman TOTAL ...... $21,095.41 Income Gary Chabot Annual Dues $8,180.00 Mary Purifoy Donations to General Fund 6,465.75 The Nicholas J. & Anna K. Bouras Foundation Donations to Memorial Fund 160.00 Donations to Scholarship Fund 135.00 MEMORIAL FUND Donations Convention Fund 0.00 Margaret Soucy Child Survivor History Project 160.00 New Member Fees 555.00 New Chapter Fees 0.00 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Small Stores 1,968.25 Grace Pell Offspring Ads 25.00 Miscellaneous 103.54 TOTAL INCOME...... $17,752.54 CHILD SURVIVOR/HISTORY FUND Expenses Charles Johnston, Jr. Florida Dept. of State 70.00 Linda Toth E-Board Meetings 8,801.02 Thomas Herwer Memorial Wreaths 0.00 Offspring: Printing/postage 1,647.27 Small Stores Inventory 4,218.45 Miscellaneous 468.99 New Chapter Start-up 0.00 Chapter Membership Awards 550.00 Stamp, Postage, Office Supplies 1,295.27 Bank Fees (Returned Check) 69.00 Website Support 1,413.15 Trademark Expense 0.00 Memorial Fund 0.00 Scholarship Fund 0.00 Convention Fund 4,480.64 TOTAL EXPENSE...... $23,013.79 Ending Book Balance 10/31/2019... .$15,834.16 Ending Bank Balance 10/31/2019..... $15,834.16

“In Memory/Honor of” ads: Include survivor’s name & duty station on Dec. 7, 1941 & name/ relationship to survivor of person placing ad. “In Support of” ads: Include SDPHS supporter, Your your name, title (if an officer), Chapter, City & State. Ad Here Send ad information and check to National UP TO 4 LINES: Treasurer, Mary Purifoy. Check should be 1 issue - $ 8.00 clearly marked - Offspring Ad. 4 issues - $25.00

4 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Our survivors who have recently passed.

NAME DUTY STATION DATE of DEATH

HARRY R. MEAD (FL) Ford Island NAS 04/11/2016 HARVEY M. WALDRON JR. (OR) Ford Island NAS 01/27/2017 NICK H. GRAY (CO) Fort Shafter 05/24/2019 NELSON G. MITCHELL JR. (AZ) U.S.S. Jarvis 02/27/2018 ROBERT M. BISHOP (OH) U.S.S. Tennessee 08/22/2019 CALVIN “SMITTY” SMITH SR. (CA) Fort Shafter 06/18/2019 EDGAR KENTFIELD JR. (KS) Ford Island NAS 08/11/2015 RAYMOND LEE RICHMOND (CA) U.S.S. Oklahoma 08/10/2019 WETZEL (SUNDOWN ) SANDERS (WV) Camp Malakole 08/18/2019 EDWARD J. MERKEL (CA) U.S.S. Pennsylvania 03/15/2018 JOSEPH E. BRINGLEY (NY) Fort Shafter 03/20/2018 LAUREN BRUNER (CA) U.S.S. Arizona 09/10/2019 PAUL MOORE (VA) U.S.S. West Virginia 09/18/2019 SAMUEL J. MERLO (CO) Wheeler Field 09/04/2010 ZANE B. LINDSEY (OR) U.S.S. Detroit 08/11/2018 ROY CARTER U.S.S. Oklahoma 01/03/2019 JOHN ALBERT MCGINTY JR. U.S.S. Oklahoma 04/15/2008 FLOYD F. KENISTON (ME) U.S.S. Pennsylvania 10/11/2018 GEORGE W. HURSEY (MA) Fort Shafter 11/05/2019 DONALD F. TALBOT (MA) Ford Island NAS 09/08/2016 JAMES H. EVANS Submarine Base 04/11/2007 WALTER BORCHERT (NH) U.S.S. Wordent 12/14/2019

For information, the reason some of the deaths listed in the DEATH NOTICES OF PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS Offspring and The Remembrance is due to them not being SHOULD BE SENT TO TWO PLACES: shown as deceased on the roster we received from the PHSA (1) Gordon Sparks, 549 Chadford Road, Irmo, SC 29063 or e-mail when they disbanded. The Park Service asked me to send to: [email protected] the names to them also. The death dates from years ago have been found in recent searches to build as complete a roster as (2) For publication in our newsletter send to our Offspring Editor, Eric Miller [email protected] possible. GORDON SPARKS SDPHS-PHSA ARCHIVIST Please include Name, Duty Station and Date of Death

In Loving Memory...

IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, LCDR Solomon Oden, IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Lt. Joy W. Beezley, Asst. Gunnery Officer ~ USS Pennsylvania BB38 USN Retired, USS Medusa (AR1) by son Thomas E. Oden, III Carol L. Gladys and family

IN LOVING MEMORY of our dad Clarence J. Miller (1921 - 2000) U.S.S. Ramsay DM16 by Sons Eric “Rick” Miller and Bob Miller

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SDPHS TX Bluebonnet CHAPTER 3 by Jennifer Ellis Photographs are provided courtesy of Chapter members

Members of SDPHS Bluebonnet Chapter 3, Houston, had an eventful second half of 2019.

Eighteen members of the Bluebonnet Chapter met at the November 11 Veterans Day Ceremony in College Station, TX to recognize those who have served our grateful nation. The event took place at the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial (bvvm.org). Activities commenced with the “Honor Wall Roll Call,” a reading of military veteran names recently added to the memorial’s Wall of Honor. The Wall of Honor is a 250- ton red granite memorial that sits within the Louis L. Adam Memorial Plaza at Veterans Park. It bears the etched names of more than 6,000 veterans representing all periods of U.S. history who are family and friends of Brazos Valley residents. Several Chapter members have had the names of their Pearl Harbor Survivors as well as names of other loved ones added to the Wall. After the Ceremony, Bluebonnet Chapter 3 members gathered at a local theater to watch the new movie “Midway” which has a great depiction of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

October 20th, the SDPHS participated in the annual Wings Over Houston Airshow. At the event, The Commemorative Air Force presented Tora!, Tora!, Tora! a special flying performance of WWII aircraft and a living history lesson of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On September 22, Bluebonnet Chapter 3 members joined in celebration to recognize the 25th Birthday of the Chapter. It was a fun afternoon. Jill Allen, Child Survivor, and Mary Eckel recounted the early days of the local SDPHS Chapter. Members came from across Texas and joined by phone to celebrate.

On August 24, the group returned to the Lone Star Flight Museum http://www.lonestarflight.org/ to co-host an event sharing information about Pearl Harbor with Flight Museum attendees. This is one of the many outreach projects that the Chapter does to help educate the public and attract new members. (continued on page 7)

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(continued from page 6) Earlier in the summer, on August 3, the Bluebonnet Chapter suffered the heartbreaking loss of Aaron Cook, a Pearl Harbor Survivor. The following comments are from Aaron Cook’s Obituary.

“Aaron W. Cook, Aviation Ordnance Chief, USN, was born on November 27, 1922, in Ft. Worth, TX. He enlisted in the Navy on December 5, 1940, after completing boot camp in San Diego. He served in the Navy from April 10, 1941 until May 15, 1946. He was awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal with two stars and the American Defense medal with “Base” clasp.

He was on Ford Island the morning of the infamous attack of December 7, 1941. He would often recount his memory of being in front of the Administration Building that morning, seeing the low-level first flight of the Japanese bombers dropping their bombs which destroyed the PBY hangars. He would also recount that they initially assumed that it was a “practice raid” until they were struck by the concussion of the explosions, then realizing that they were under attack.

After being honorably discharged from the Navy on December 5, 1946, he pursued his education, graduating with honors from Texas Christian University. He worked for 36 years at Dresser Industries, traveling to 17 countries and living abroad in London, England, with his wife, Marjorie (“Mickey”).”

Aaron Cook will be missed by all.

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SDPHS Indiana CHAPTER 2 by Jim Laud, Sr. Photographs are provided courtesy of Chapter members

On October 27th 5th District Director Jim Laud, Sr. attended the commissioning of the new USS Indianapolis (CA35) in Portage, Indiana where he got to meet survivors Edgar Harrell and Jim Jarvis.

Also on October 27th, a video conference using Skype was held during the Indiana Chapter 2 monthly meeting with Chief Historian Daniel Martinez of the Arizona Memorial. Pearl Harbor Survivor Jim DeWitt was in attendance as was child survivor Wendy Masters. A couple of months earlier, a video conference was held with historian Jessie Higa, who also gives tours of Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam Field. Jessie also does a wonderful job of excavating information about our parents while they were stationed on Oahu during the attack.

While vacationing in Honolulu, Jim Laud, Sr. (DD5) and his wife were honored to represent the SDPHS at the internment ceremony of Navy Water Tender 1C Edwin B. McCabe at Punchbowl National Cemetery. He died aboard the USS Oklahoma and his remains were recently identified. Jim and his wife extended condolences from our organization to the family and followed up by emailing a Resolution of Condolence to them. Surprisingly, attending this service was by happen-chance as he learned of it just a couple of days before from SDPHS National Historian Jason Ockrassa.

Indiana Chapter 2 continues to attend the Marshall County Blueberry Festival held over Labor Day weekend by setting up an informational booth. We were honored once again to have Pearl Harbor Survivor Jim DeWitt and Child Survivor Wendy Masters with us. It’s amazing the people who stop by. In the photo are Jim along with Indiana State Festival Queen Madison Millick and Blueberry Festival Queen Abigail Powell.

On July 4th Indiana Chapter 2 continued their participation in the Munster 4th of July Parade. This year we were honored to have Pearl Harbor Survivor Jim DeWitt with us. He rode in a 1942 Packard owned and driven by Tim Dionne. We took third place.

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SDPHS Illinois CHAPTER 1 by Carlissa Puckett Photographs are provided courtesy of Chapter members

Illinois Chapter 1 SDPHS members Charlotta Janes and Carlissa Puckett (daughters of Carl Browning, USS Phelps) and Emily Thompson (daughter of Maurice Grafton, Hickam Field) attended the Pearl Harbor Memorial Services at Chillicothe, Illinois on December 2, 2018. The event has been hosted annually by the Chillicothe VFW since the 1970’s. The event is held at the park along the Illinois River with a wreath historically tossed by a PHSA member and now a SDPHS member.

On December 7, 2018. Charlotta Janes and Carlissa Puckett attended the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony, hosted by the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs in partnership with Springfield Elks Lodge #158 and Illinois World War II Memorial Committee at the Elk’s Lodge in Springfield, Il.

(left to right) Emily Thompson, Char- lotta Janes and Carlissa Pucket

SDPHS Iowa CHAPTER Photographs are provided courtesy of Chapter members

The Iowa Chapter attended the Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa for the Veteran’s Day parade and program. Recognized this year was Pearl Harbor Survivor Alvin Lindquist from Albert City, Iowa. Alvin served on the USS Tennessee and will celebrate his 100th birthday in December.

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Previously Known but to God By Jason Ockrassa

With the events of 7 Dec 1941, it is easy to understand why at the time there were so many deemed unknown and placed into mass graves. With approximately 2400 killed and 1200 wounded, this left the small group of medical personnel very busy and with little time to find answers to these casualties. In many cases, individuals from USS Arizona and later USS Oklahoma in 1943 were well beyond the scope for getting an identity by the technology at the time. It could have been that these individuals would have stayed forever as unknowns, but a man had a desire to see them identified.

A Pearl Harbor survivor from the USS Honolulu, Ray Emery, spent most of his life tracking down the plots of the unknowns and reaching out to the military and government to listen to him. This was a very long process, but he would eventually win out and by 2015 the military would perform the first disinterment of one of the mass plots for USS Oklahoma and send them to their lab at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

The group that was charged with identifying these remains are a part of the Defense Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA). Originally founded to help identify individuals lost in South East Asia, DPAA has done a great job to fulfil the promise to bring everyone home. Very soon they had the first of many to be identified. As of 2019, DPAA reached and surpassed 200 men identified from USS Oklahoma. This has gone so well, and has been one of the largest undertakings to date for DPAA, that they Pearl Harbor Survivor Ray Emery. (AP photo) have started to work on unknowns from USS West Virginia and USS California with at least three identified from this group already being accomplished at their lab at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. This expansion of the work dealing with 7 December losses, led to the identification of Radioman Second Class (RM2c) Floyd Arthur Wells of Fairdale North Dakota, on 17 June 2019. To date RM2c Wells is the first and only USS Arizona individual identified.

As we look at the 78th Anniversary of the events of 7 Dec 1941, I think on the fact that DPAA is still writing the history of the events of that day with each individual they identify. I have had the honor of representing the National Park Service at the internment of USS Oklahoma sailor Water Tender First (WT1c) Class Edwin B. McCabe of Newport, North Carolina at Punchbowl National Cemetery on 25 September 2019. While there it was comforting to realize, just like when I was in the Honor Guard in the Air Force, that I am now his witness. The thoughts bring me back to the 74th Anniversary at the USS Oklahoma Memorial, when the head of DPAA gave his speech. In closing he stated, “no more unknowns, just not yet.” It is up to us to share their stories and continue to remind Identifying the remains of people of the events that Sunday in the Territory of Hawaii in 1941, and how that is still those deemed unknown. as important today as back then to remember, if not more so.

This will be the last post I do as historian. I am stepping down due to the work load I am getting and in hopes that someone with more time can take this spot now. Thank you to all those who supported my short time in this position, and my best wishes to the incoming historian.

10 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 In Loving Memory of John Mathrusse May 17, 1923 - May 28, 2019

John Mathrusse was the father of Susan Mathrusse Tseng and James Braly Mathrusse, the grandfather of Matthew Tseng, Kathryn Tseng Mohammed and her husband Ray Mohammed, Drew Mathrusse, Brian Mathrusse and Yoyo Liang; and the great-grandfather of Faryn Mathrusse. He was the beloved father-in-law of Greg Tseng and Mini Guan, and the sweetheart of Miriam. John was also godfather to DiAnn Beatty and Peter Skarpelos, as well as Uncle and “Theo” to many more.

John was born on May 17, 1923 in Fresno, California, and soon after moved to San Francisco as a young child. His mother passed away when he was very young. Since his father was a restaurateur and worked 7 days a week, he and his two brothers were raised in an orphanage in San Francisco. He joined the Navy right after high school and was assigned to the USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor on December 6, 1941. As the Enterprise was out at sea, he witnessed the horrific events the following day at Ford Island. He served as a pilot assigned to a bomber group on the aircraft carrier. John remained a dedicated Pearl Harbor Survivor, keeping the story of that fateful day alive for the rest of his life. He was laid to rest in a Greek Orthodox service on May 31, 2019.

From the Veterans History Project: John Mathrusse: Well, Sunday morning looked like another day, the same thing in paradise. So we got up, cleaned up everything, and went down to breakfast. It was a good breakfast and everything. I ran into one of my buddies there, John [LONGOV- ER?], a big guy from Kansas. So we finished breakfast and we decided, let’s go look up guys on the West Virginia. So when we went out, we started down the bank on the side to the Battleship Row. And we got about as far as the California when the first planes came in, you know. That we looked, that’s when we looked up, we saw five, six dive bombers, just not very high, which means we knew our dive bombers would start out about 5-6,000 feet. These guys were no more than 1,000 feet, and they just peeled off, came on down and just started dropping the bombs. I was interested at first, I said, I thought they were our planes. And I was interested in how the displacement gear worked to throw their bomb out so it would stay away from a prop--when it hit the propeller. So I was looking, oh, that’s great, look at there, works good. And all of a sudden, that bomb came down and, and, uh, it shook up the ground real good. That coral ground just shakes like hell. So, so, uh, uh, I said to John, I said, did you see those? That’s a bombing range pretty close around here, you know? We hadn’t gotten around the other part of the island yet. Then the second bomb just blew, part of a shack went up, palm trees went up. And they missed it, they missed a ship, they hit the bank and just blew the hell out of things. But then I took a better look at the side of the plane and realized, uh, they’re not ours. It’s just a big red meatball on there, no stars around, no stars around it. And, uh, I think we both said, oh, about the same time. We ran back in to the chow hall. The chow hall was in the first deck of the barracks. And it was a big area, so we kind of got ourselves together. Then the guys were coming in back and forth and, uh, and then all hell was breaking loose--noise, boy, it was noisy.

The rest of this interview with John Mathrusse can be found at: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.105967/transcript?ID=mv0001

11 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 SDPHS Small Store Items

SDPHS SMALL STORE ITEMS

HATS PATCHES Overseas Style Hats – Includes cloth emblem $31.50 Small SDPHS – Embroidered cloth emblem 2 ½” and embroidered “Sons and Daughters of Pearl diameter $ 4.00 Harbor Survivors” Large SDPHS – Embroidered cloth emblem 8” Men: Hat size or head measurement diameter $16.00 Women: XS, S, M, L, XL or head measurement 75th Anniversary SDPHS – Embroidered cloth emblem framed in gold thread 4” diameter $ 7.00 Overseas Hat Storage Bag $ 3.25 DECALS, BUMPER STICKERS, LICENSE PLATE FRAMES Baseball Cap – Navy blue with embroidered $16.00 Decals – Round cling sticker plastic emblem 4” emblem diameter $ 4.00 One size adjustable Bumper Sticker $ 1.00 SHIRTS, PINS, NOTE CARDS, CHALLENGE COIN, License Plate Frame – Metal $15.00 AND TERVIS TUMBLERS Polo Shirt – Red with pocket, embroidered SDPHS SASH lettering SDPHS Sash – Red silk-screened white letters and S to XL $21.50 emblem $10.00 XXL $22.50 XXXL $23.75 Polo Shirt – Red without pocket, SDPHS COOKBOOK AND PHS MEDALLIONS Embroidered lettering SDPHS Cookbook – Recipes from SDPHS members S to XL $25.00 with their Survivors’ stories. $15.00 XXL $26.00 PHS Bronze Medallions $25.00 XXXL $27.25 T-Shirt – Red with logo NEW POSTAGE RATES ON ALL ORDERS Silk-screened white emblem $ 1.00 - $5.00 $ 2.75 S, M, L $10.00 $ 5.25 - $10.00 $ 3.50 XL, XXL, XXXL $11.00 $10.25 - $20.24 $ 5.00 Button Pin – SDPHS emblem 2 ½” diameter $ 2.00 $20.25 - $30.24 $ 6.50 SDPHS Lapel Pin – SDPHS emblem $ 4.00 $30.35 - $40.49 $ 8.00 Remember Pearl Harbor Flag Pin $ 3.00 $40.50 - $50.74 $ 9.50 $50.75 - $65.24 $11.00 SDPHS Note Cards – 10 cards in a pack with $65.25 - $75.00 $13.00 SDPHS emblem printed on front $ 5.00 $75.00 - $85.24 $15.00 SDPHS Challenge Coin – SDPHS Logo on front, $85.25 and higher $16.50 military insignia and flag on back $ 6.00 Tervis Tumblers – SDPHS Logo on tumbler $15.00 ORDERS RECEIVED WITHOUT POSTAGE INCLUDED WILL BE RETURNED Note: When shipping orders of multiple items that include cookbooks, the cookbooks will be mailed separately to reduce cost since books are mailed at “media rate” (about half the normal mailing cost) and will usually arrive a few days after the other items. Send order and check to: Item Size Qty Item Cost Total SDPHS Small Stores P.O. Box 1022

Yulee, FL 32041 Make check or money order payable to: SDPHS, Inc.

For more information email:

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Offspring Issue 3, 2019 Offspring Issue 3, 2019 SDPHS Merchandise

NEW ITEM! Polo w/ Polo w/out pocket pocket

Overseas Hat PHS SDPHS lapel pin Men

The Tervis 16 oz Tumbler. SDPHS Challenge T-Shirt Coin

Overseas Hat Women

Large SDPHS Patch

75th Annv. Small SDPHS SDPHS Baseball Cap

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Jack RogoSDPHS - May SMALL 22, 1921STORE - May ITEMS 23, 2019

“When a beloved Pearl Harbor veteran reacquaints with a longlost love — in heaven”.

By DENNIS MCCARTHY | PUBLISHED: June 1, 2019 at 6:00 am | UPDATED: June 1, 2019 at 6:00 am

“What a life, and no small accomplishment that he helped save the world for all of us.” – actor/veteran’s advocate Gary Sinese on the passing of Pearl Harbor veteran Jack Rogo. Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News (SCNG) Last week, in a Burbank parking lot, an attendant found Jack Rogo sitting unresponsive behind the steering wheel of his car – one foot in, one foot out the open door. He died one day into his 98th year. Doctors told his son, Jeff, it wasn’t a heart attack or stroke. They said it was probably just old age catching up with his father, but anyone who knew him will have a hard time believing that. Old age never laid a finger on Jack Rogo. He went sky diving with his granddaughter on his 90th birthday, was still sharp enough to be working part time as a CPA until he was 95, and only days before he died he had won most of the trivia games played at his 98th birthday party. He was still traveling the world representing his country at patriotic events where guests lined up to meet one of the oldest, still active survivors of Pearl Harbor. That’s where he met actor Gary Sinese – Lt. Dan in “Forest Gump” – at the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Sinese took one look at the diamond stud in Jack’s earlobe and the tattoo on his arm, and said “I’ve got to meet this man.”

No, it wasn’t old age that got Jack. It was nostalgia. He always said the two things that defined his life and meant the most to him were his wife of 61 years, Winnie, and Pearl Harbor. She had been gone 11 years now, and all his pals from the San Fernando Valley chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association were gone, too, except one and he didn’t get out much anymore. Knowing Jack, he made a wish when he blew out the candles on his 98th birthday cake. I have no doubt his first stop after walking through the Pearly Gates last week was to see Winnie. He knew he’d had some explaining to do. She probably took one look at the tattoo on his arm and diamond stud in his ear, and said, “What, I leave and you go crazy, Jack?” “No, Winnie, it’s not like that at all,” he’ll plead. “The diamond is from the engagement ring I bought you when I got home from World War II. You wanted me to give it to our granddaughter, Meredith, after you were gone, remember? “She was worried about me because I was depressed, just moping around the house. She took one of the diamonds in the ring, and had it set in a stud earring for my 87th birthday. Then we went and got my ear pierced. “She said I’d have you with me wherever I went now. Wasn’t that sweet, Winnie? “Yes, it was, Jack, but what about the tattoo on your arm? You never had a tattoo when I was around. You buy a Harley, too? “No, I asked Meredith one day how much her rose tattoo cost? She said why, grandpa, you want one? I was thinking about it, Winnie, because then I’d have you and Pearl Harbor with me all the time.” Winnie had to be smiling after that. Tattoo and diamond stud aside, it was the same old Jack she fell in love with when she was a corporal in the Marine Corp and he was a young sailor working furiously to get damaged and burning aircraft off carriers before they sank that morning at Pearl. Welcome home, honey,” Winnie said. “Bring your bags in. We’re having dinner with the guys and their wives tonight, just like old times. Everyone’s looking forward to seeing you again.” Bill Aupperlee, Joe Mariano, Curly Elliot, Leon Kolb, Art Herriford, Joe Ceo, and all the guys at Pearl who took the biggest punch this country’s ever been hit with, and got up off the floor to win the fight. Like Sinese said, it was no small accomplishment that they helped save the world for all of us.

No, it wasn’t old age that got Jack Rogo. He just blew out the candles on his 98th birthday cake and made a wish.

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