Offspring OFFSPRING OFFSPRING December, 2014 The National Newsletter of the SONS and DAUGHTERS of PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS, INC. “Pearl Harbor ~ December 7, 1941 ~ Lest We Forget”
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR NEW NATIONAL PRESIDENT Rick Carraway I am very honored to be elected by the membership to be your new SDPHS National President. We have a great team with Lou Large Vice President, Carol Gladys National Secretary, and Lois Heineken our new National Treasurer. I have had the great pleasure of working with all of them and we are ready to move the SDPHS into the future. The impeccable dedication and accomplishments of Louella Large, our former National President, has inspired myself and the Executive Board Officers to continue improving the SDPHS. I hope everyone was able to observe and participate in our nation's Veterans Day and Pearl Harbor Day Ceremonies. I have recently moved to Navarre, FL. I was honored to ride in the Pensacola Veteran’s Day Parade with my dad, wife, and daughter in a 1929 Ford Model A pickup truck. Three other Pearl Harbor Survivors rode in additional antique cars. The response and surprise of the crowd upon seeing Pearl Harbor Survivors assured me in our mission to make sure they are never forgotten and their stories are told to current and future generations. We all agree we must educate and interest our younger generation on the events of Dec. 7th, 1941. The SDPHS is facing many challenges. Our new Vice President Lou Large will be starting a new nationwide effort to recruit new members and retain our present membership. We want to get back members we have lost and get everyone more involved in their local districts. We are in need of a 4th District Director to represent Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas. Many State Chairs are also needed. I will be appointing these positions with the approval of the Executive Board. Please contact me about becoming more involved in the SDPHS. New members and friends of SDPHS have been recruited to help us achieve 501-C3 status with the federal government. This is a top priority allowing donations to SDPHS as a nonprofit, tax exempt organization. We are already planning for our next convention and are considering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Dec. 7th, 2016 is the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and we would be excited to participate in this historic event. I soon will be appointing a convention chairman. It will be a huge undertaking to make our next convention affordable and fun for all SDPHS members and guests. My new contact information is published in this Offspring. Please contact me with your ideas and desire to help the SDPHS. Let us move our organization forward together! Mahalo, Rick
2014 Election Results Number of Ballots sent out ...... 520 Number of Ballots Received ...... 194 Office For Against Abstain National President 190 1 5 National Vice President 190 2 3 National Secretary 189 5 3 National Treasurer 186 4 4
Resolution #1 183 7 4 Resolution #2 163 27 6 Resolution #3 177 13 5 Resolution #4 184 7 3 Resolution #5 36 4 4 Offspring December, 2014
SDPHSSDPHS NANATIONALTIONAL OFFICERSOFFICERS www.sdphs.org CALENDER OF EVENTS • December 25 - Christmas • January 1 - New Years Day • Convention 2016 to be held in Hawaii NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Send us your Upcoming Event information to put on the Calendar. Send Event title, date, National President, Rick Carraway CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2528 Holley Court time, location of event and contact person’s information to: [email protected]. Navarre, Florida 32566 Make sure you mention that it is for the “Calendar of Events” in the Offspring. 850-684-1846 or 301-651-8009 cell [email protected] IN THE MILITARY National Vice President, Louella Large 5533 Clover Street LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE SERVING IN THE MILITARY SO Louisville, OH 44641 WE CAN HONOR HIM OR HER IN OUR OFFSPRING. 330-309-2813 cell 234-252-9064 Home [email protected] SPEAKERS CORNER National Secretary, Carol Gladys 36675 Giles Road Michigan State Chair, Gary Glenn spoke on Veteran’s Day - see page 8 for details. Grafton, Ohio 44044-9124 850-867-0645 cell Illinois State Chair, Lynn Shindel spoke at 2 schools on Veteran’s Day - see page 6. [email protected]
National Treasurer, Lois L. Heineken Let us know if you have spoken to an organization or school students. Speaking 604 E. Gordon Holden, MO 64040 about the memories of our Pearl Harbor survivors or Child survivors helps to Phone: 816-517-5991 spread the word about the SDPHS organization. History books in schools email: [email protected] have so very little about December 7, 1941. Tell our Pearl Harbor survivor’s stories to others so they will always be remembered. National Trustees Eileen Farley, CA: [email protected] Don Pavlic, OH: [email protected] MEMORIAL FUND DONATIONS Parliamentarian, DeWitt Davenport 5013 Oakmont Circle In October of 2013 we placed our SDPHS Memorial Harlingen, TX 78552 (956) 793-0123 Plaque at the U.S. Navy Memorial and are currently [email protected] looking for our next location. If you have any suggetions please let us know what you feel would be Registrar, Joanne Adams a fitting area for such a memorial. Contact your 4065 Paducah Drive National President, Rick Carraway. San Diego, CA 92117-5321 (858) 273-1036 [email protected] SCHOLARSHIP FUND Child Survivor Coordinator, Mary Ellen Smith 5903 Arbor Road This fund was established to carry on what the PHSA had originally wanted to do for Lakewood, CA 90713 the younger generation to further their education. We have had two $1,000 winners (562) 421-3834 so far. Please send donations to the National Treasurer, Lois Heineken (address on [email protected] page 2) with your check clearly marked for the Scholarship Fund. www.sdphs.org Website Coordinator, Barbara Ford 1353 Kim Place Minden, NV 89423 (970) 759-3259 [email protected] Did You Know... The Offspring is the official newsletter of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, Inc. It is published for Editor, Carmen Harding 26 High Street the benefit of dues paying members. Please send any editorial content Brookeville, Maryland 20833 to: [email protected]. Next Deadline February 15. For (301) 774-5577 or (240) 997-4327 [email protected] guidlines please see “A Note from Your Editor” on page 10.
Storekeeper - Jack Saxton (see Small Store Order Form for contact You can also receive an e-copy in color by checking the designated information inside each issue of Offspring) box on the Dues Renewal form on Page 11.
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FROM THE NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT ... Louella Large
would like to thank each of you who voted for me and continue to give me your support. As the new National Vice President, I will go back to where I was 5 1/2 years ago when I actually had been voted Iin as the National V.P. Membership is so vital to being able to attain our goals and strengthen our treasury so that we can operate as needed. Currently, our only income is from donations from members and our dues. All the resolutions that we voted on in the Ballot Issue passed by majority vote. Lineage members are the same as before but our Associate membership is available to any individual who supports the mission and values of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, Inc. This will enable us to grow immensley and spread the word of the SDPHS. It will also ensure that we will keep the memory of our Pearl Harbor survivors alive. In the coming issues I will be presenting a new membership program of the revised R & R Program (Recruit & Retain). I hope to kick off a nationawide membership campaign on Memorial Day. I need volunteers to assist me. Of course, our District Directors and State Chairs will automatically assist in this, but I also need members who have time to make phone calls & print and send letters, as well as contact local media. We want and need to make sure every person who can read knows about the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors and our goal to keep the memory of our Pearl Harbor survivors alive by telling their stories. We want to flood the U. S. and we can do this, remember, together we can accomplish great things! We can assure those Pearl Harbor survivors, whom we are blessed to still have with us, that those who died on December 7, 1941 and those who survived that terrible day in history will never be forgotten and their stories will be told in hopes that the U.S. Remembers Pearl Harbor and Keeps America Alert.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you once more. Mahalo, Lou Large
FROM THE NATIONAL SECRETARY ... Carol Gladys
SDPHS MEMBERSHIP REPORT As of 9/30/2014
NEW MEMBERS DEATH OF SDPHS MEMBER: George Frank Bland Mechanicsviile, VA Child Survivor Eloise B. Myers May 18, 2014 James Michael Flanagan El Cajon, CA Gerald E. Chebetar Chesapeake, VA DEATH OF PHS MEMBER: William Charles Smith Cornville, AZ William E. Brenner, Army February, 4, 2010 Edward A. George July, 2014 NEW PHS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: Myron "Jay" Carraway Gulf Breeze, FL Louis H. Whitford Jr. Jacksonville, FL
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER: Doris L. Whitford Jacksonville, FL
2 3 Offspring December, 2014 FINANCIAL REPORT PHS ROSTER RECORDS By Carolyn Sparks By Gordon Sparks 1/01/2014 - 09/30/2014
BEGINNING BALANCE, 1/1/14 Louella Large has asked me to assemble a complete listing of GENERAL FUND ...... $12,931.86 the Pearl Harbor Survivors from the past as well as present. I MEMORIAL FUND ...... 220.00 have been the Secretary of the PHSA in South Carolina since SCHOLARSHIP FUND ...... 774.34 about 2000, and I have been doing the Death Notices from CONVENTION FUND ...... 3,415.74 South Carolina since then. I have used old rosters, Grams, TOTAL ...... $17,341.94 medal listings etc. to assemble a fairly large history for South Income Carolina. I would like to do this for the whole organization, Annual Dues $4,545.00 but will need everyone’s help with information to accomplish Donations to General Fund 496.00 the task. To give you an idea of what I have done in South Donations to Memorial Fund 85.00 Carolina, these are some of the listings I have: Donations to Scholarship Fund 505.00 Donations Convention Fund 4,741.00 • Members and their status New Member Fees 765.00 • Deaths and Dates New Chapter Fees 0 • Survivors who never joined PHSA and their Small Stores 1,532.76 status (living or deceased) Offspring Ads 407.00 Miscellaneous 0 Primarily I have been working in Microsoft Excel but any E-Board Meetings 196.07 information can be e-mailed or mailed. I would need : Bank Fees 24.00 TOTAL IN- • Complete name COME...... 13,296.83 • Membership number (or “NONE” if they Expenses never joined PHSA Florida Dept. of State 70.00 • State they lived in Indiana Sec of State 30.00 • If deceased, their date of death Ohio Sec. of State 125.00 E-Board Meetings 4,926.75 This will not be accomplished overnight but the information National President 153.46 will be as complete as possible for future reference in remem- National Secretary 478.31 bering Pearl Harbor and the survivors. National Treasurer 141.16 Thank you, National Registrar 51.60 Gordon Sparks Memorial wreaths 116.00 549 Chadford Road Offspring: Printing/postage 1,720.50 Irmo, SC 29063 Small Stores Inventory 1,668.94 Email: [email protected] Chapter Membership Awards 400.00 Stamp, Postage, Office Supplies 28.81 Changed your e-mail?? Moved?? Please notify the National Bank Fees 56.00 Secretary so records can be kept current & you can continue to Website Support 104.90 receive your Offspring. Miscellaneous 310.76 Heard of the death of a Pearl Harbor survivor?? Please notify Memorial Fund 10.00 Gordon Sparks. With no prior records, it is important that you send Scholarship Fund 1,000.00 this information to us. Also send an e-mail to our Offspring Editor for Convention Fund 848.18 publication in the Offspring with NAME, DUTY STATION & DATE Trademark Expense 1,349.06 of DEATH. TOTAL EXPENSE...... $13,589.43 If you did not send in your favorite recipes for the first printing, you ENDING BALANCE, 09/30/2014...... $17,049.34 can still do so along with your survivors photo and his/her story. Book Ending Balance 09/30/2014...... $16,646.54 Carol Gladys will be updating future editions. The new SDPHS Outstanding checks Cookbook is now listed in our Small Stores items for only $15. E-board travel...... 352.80 An addition to the cookbook has been added. Remember to send Chapter membership award...... 50.00 recipes from WWII, your parent's favorites (and yours) to Carol Gladys, National Secretary. Statement Ending Balance 06/30/2014...... $17,049.34
4 5 Offspring December, 2014 We thank our donors for their kindness and generosity!
Dues are the only means of receiving funds for our Operating Expenses. Without your donation we would not be able to accomplish all that we do. We want you to know that your donations are greatly appreciated!! Donations were made for the period of 06/30/2014 - 09/30/2014 by: Janet and Edward Guthrie Valerie J. Sullivan Margaret Ann Unger Kyle R. Wehr Linda Hooks Thank You!
DEATH NOTICES OF PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS SHOULD BE SENT TO THREE PLACES: IN LOVING MEMORY of my father, Karl Bauer, USS Tennessee. (1) Gordon Sparks, 549 Chadford Road, Irmo, SC 29063 or Sandra J. Kerr, Daughter e-mail to: [email protected]
(2) For publication in our newsletter send to our Offspring Editor, Carmen Harding at [email protected] IN LOVING MEMORY of Thomas Nerkowski who passed nd (3) For publication in the Pacific Historic Parks Newsletter send away 10/22/2012. USS Solace, Carpenters Mate 2 Class to: Sarah Safranski, Publications & Communications Thomas Nerkowski, Son Manager, Pacific Historic Parks, 1 Arizona Memorial Place, Honolulu, HI 96818 Sons & Daughters Some of Our Pearl Harbor Survivors who have recently passed away who have recently passed away On the late afternoon Judith A. O`Leary passed to meet her God on DATE OF NAME DUTY STATION DEATH May, 5, 2014. She had fought a long battle with cancer and had been in Hospice in her home of 47 years. Her father was Dewayne J. Chartier, U.S.S. Pennsylvania BB-38. Enoch Elbert Vaughn Ford Island, Navy 07/20/2014 Billy Edward Smith USS California 08/04/2014 She was my wife of 50+ years, mother of our children and most of all Victor Delano USS West Virginia BB48 08/25/2014 my best friend. Floyd W. O`Leary Bronsil L. Metz Schofield Barracks 09/13/2014 Gery Hudson Porter USS West Virginia, BB48 09/17/2014 Russell E. Marlow USS Phoenix 10/22/2014 Marjorie Edwards, our former National Historian lost her husband Royal N Darnell USS St. Louis 11/07/2014 On November 5. Hugo Richard Edwards was a WW2 vet serving in Herb Louden USS Solace 11/12/2014 the 8th Armor Division in Europe.
Our Fathers, Our Heroes... May Judith and Hugo may they rest in peace. rest in peace.
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INDIANA by Kyle Wehr, 5th District Director Indianapolis - Sons and Daughters participated in the Veterans Day Parade. Pictured to the right with the SDPHS flag are:Chapter President, John Haessig, Child Survivor, Bette Sue Rowe, Chapter Secretary, Alice Tarr, 5th District Director, Kyle Wehr and Trustee, Steve Phelps.
Below is SDPHS/Child survivor Bette Sue Rowe and Indiana Chapter 1 Secretary walking with a 94 yearr old Wave.
ILLINOIS Lynn Shindel, State Chair Illinois Chapter 1 Chapter 1 SDPHS News July I was part of a group of American Legion Riders from Post 79 in Leroy, Illinois, who did a ride to Dixon to view a memorial to Veterans. While there we saw a tank, Huey Cobra helicopter, artillery gun, military ambulance, F-105 jet airplane, and 16 inch shells from a battleship that lined the walkway. There was a covered area on the walkway with some of the words included in our motto "LEST WE FORGET" on both sides. (see photo on left) There were numerous memorials dedicated from WW2 to Iraq/ Afganistan. In August I helped raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project with American Legion Post 79. We had the Patriot Guard Riders Iraq/ Afganistan wall on display of all military personnel that were killed from Illinois. On October 4, 2014 our chapter had our Fall meeting/lunch in Rochester. Plans for Dec.7, were discussed. Illinois times and places have not been finalized at this time.
Veteran’s Day - Lynn Shindel represented the SDPHS in Downs, Illinois on Veteran’s Day. He was the guest speaker at the TriValley Middle School as well as the TriValley High School. There were approximately 80 Veterans present at the schools. See Photo to the right. 6 7 Offspring December, 2014 Chapter, State, District Reports
California, Chapter 5 by Kathleen Farley, California State Chair Concord - The SDPHS Chapter 5 meeting on August 10 was held in Concord,California and was attended by 7 “Rosie The Riveters”.
Standing L to R: Tammy Brumley (Coordinator for the Rosies) Kathleen Farley (SDPHS California, Chapter 5 President, CA State Chair), Rosie Kay Morrison, Richmond Kaiser Shipyard # 2 Journeyman Welder (1943-1945); Rosie Marian Sousa, Richmond Kaiser Shipyard # 3 Draftsman (1943-1944); Rosie Marian Wynn, Richmond Kaiser Shipyard Pipe Welder (1944-1945). Standing on the right, Rosie Priscilla Elder, Richmond Kaiser Shipyard # 3 Electrician (1943-1945).
Sitting, starting on the left, Rosie Agnes Moore, Kaiser Shipyard # 3, Welder; Rosie Ophelia Hicks, Marin Shipyard Sausalito, Welder; Pearl Harbor Survivor, Henry Fries, USS Detroit, Pearl Harbor Survivor, Earl "Chuck" Kohler, Ford Island, and Rosie Mary Torres, Moore's Shipyard, Oakland Journeyman Welder (1942-1945) Rosie’s Story osie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing R the American women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies.These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military. Rosie the Riveter is commonly used as a symbol of feminism and women's economic power.
American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during World War II, as widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. “Rosie the Riveter,” star of a government campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for the munitions industry, became perhaps the most iconic image of working women during the war.
While women worked in a variety of positions previously closed to them during World War II, the aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female workers. More than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. aircraft industry in 1943, making up 65 percent of the industry’s total workforce (compared to just 1 percent in the pre-war years). The munitions industry also heavily recruited women workers, as illustrated by the U.S. government’s “Rosie the Riveter” propaganda campaign. Based in small part on a real-life munitions worker, but primarily a fictitious character, the strong, bandanna-clad Rosie became one of the most successful recruitment tools in American history, and the most iconic image of working women in the World War II era.
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MICHIGAN Gary Glenn, State Chair Veteran’s Day Gary Glenn, Michigan State chair, and newly-elected member of the Michigan House of Representatives, represented SDPHS at the Veteran’s Day ceremony at the Midland Veterans Memorial. He gave thanks and a tribute to the "terrible sacrifices" of America's veterans and said that "the burden and duty now falls to us to live our lives in such a way as to be worthy of those who gave their all to protect our freedom."
Glenn, who enlisted during the Gulf War buildup and served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard, laid a wreath at the memorial representing SDPHS. His father, the late SSG James R. "Jimmy" Glenn, U.S. Marine Corps, was a World War II veteran stationed at Marine Gary Glenn, Michigan State Chair Barracks who survived the Japanese attack.
IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Lt. Joy W. Beezley; IN MEMORY of My Dad, CPL Michael J. Pavlic, USN Retired, USS Medusa (AR1) Schofield Barracks, Battery D, 97th CA (AA) Carol and Dave Gladys Donld and Janet Pavlic
IN MEMORY of Lt. Col. William E. Keyser, USAF Retired IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Wilbert (Tex) Sharon E. Ely Dettmann, who passed away on 9/25/11 at the age of 92. We miss you! Daughter Cheryl Hurle and Family
IN MEMORY of my Father, Harold A. Kern, MM1st Class IN LOVING MEMORY of my father, David H. Shoup USN, USS Nevada. In appreciation for your service and (Schofield Barracks, HI) who passed away 8/13/2012. fortitude. Karen Finkbonner Daughter Mary Sue Shoup
IN LOVING MEMORY of our Father, Leonide (Lee) “PHS Steve Rula, was just a teenager, read his autobiog- Soucy, USS Utah, Pharmacist Mate 2/C raphy soft cover or e-book. See preview & interview at Mary McCormick and Margaret Soucy www.pearlharborsurvivorstories.com Steve Rula, Jr.
IN MEMORY of my My Dad, Herbert Arthur Franck, IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Wallace W. Henthorne, Ford Island 12/07/1941. USS Tangier, AV-8. Lois Heineken Robin Franck, Daughter
Ad Send ad information and check to National IN MEMORY of Robert Lewis “T-Bone” CSK USS Curtiss our Y e! Treasurer, Lois Heineken. Check should be Grace B. Pell her clearly marked - Offspring Ad.
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SDPHS SMALL STORE ITEMS
HATS (Overseas Style) $31.50 SWEATSHIRT, Red $25.00 NEW POSTAGE RATES Includes cloth emblem and embroidered “Sons and Silk-screened White Emblem, Blended (on ALL orders) Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors” Material (S - 3XL) Men: Hat size or head measurement Women: XS, S, M, L, XL or head measurement PATCH, Small SDPHS $4.00 $ .50 to $ 5.00 $2.00 Embroidered Cloth Emblem (2½” diameter) $ 5.25 to $10.00 $2.55 HAT COVER $3.25 PATCH, Large SDPHS Jacket Back $16.00 Zippered Clear Plastic Pouch Embroidered Cloth Emblem (8” diameter) $10.25 to $20.00 $3.75 DECAL, Round Cling Sticker $4.00 $20.25 to $35.00 $4.50 BASEBALL CAP $16.00 Plastic Emblem (4” diameter) Navy blue with Embroidered Emblem PHSA Bronze Medallion $25.00 $35.25 to $50.00 $5.25 $50.01 to $75.00 $8.75 POLO SHIRT, Red with pocket PINS $75.01 and higher $10.50 Embroidered Lettering, Blended Material SDPHS 67th Anniversary $1.50 (S-XL) $21.50 SDPHS 71st -73rd Anniversary (ea) $3.50 (2 XL) $22.50 REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR $3.00 ORDERS RECEIVED WITHOUT POSTAGE (3 XL) $27.00 ENAMEL GOLD $3.25 WILL BE RETURNED 7 (SDPHS Emblem in 4 colors, 8”) POLO SHIRT, Red (w/o pocket) BUTTON PIN $2.00 Embroidered Emblem, Blended Material (With SDPHS Emblem (2½”) The Store is a service (S-XL) $25.00 for our members. (2 XL) $26.00 SASH, SDPHS Red $10.00 INSIGNIA ITEMS (3 XL) $27.25 Silk-screened white letters & emblem can only be worn by BUMPER STICKER $1.00 SDPHS members. T-SHIRT, Red LICENSE PLATE FRAME $3.00 Silk-screened White Emblem, Blended Material Red plastic with white lettering: (Youth, Large same as 14-16) $10.00 “Sons and Daughters Pearl Harbor Survivors” Note: When shipping orders that in- (S, M, L) $10.00 SDPHS COOKBOOK $15.00 clude multiple items that include cook (XL- 3XL) $11.00 books, the cook books will be mailed T-SHIRT, WHITE $ 8.00 OFFICIAL SDPHS PARADE FLAG separately to reduce cost since books are Silk-screened Red Emblem (M) Double face w/4 color emblem on white nylon. mailed at “Media Rate” (about half the Gold fringe. (3’ x 5’) $155.00 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 2493 E. Hulet Drive Chandler, AZ 85225-4023
Make Check or Money Order payable to: SDPHS, Inc.
For information, contact: Jack Saxton, SDPHS Storekeeper (480) 812-4500 e-mail: [email protected]
NAME ID NO: ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP+4 POSTAGE EMAIL GRAND TOTAL
8 9 Offspring December, 2014 ANNOUNCEMENTS A note from your Editor....
CHILD SURVIVOR HISTORY PROJECT Send articles and I am including in my Note from Your Editor specific guidelines for photos to: Joedy Adams, 4065 Paducah Drive, San Diego, CA 92117- submitting articles to the Offspring. This has been published in the 5321. (858) 273-1036 or e-mail: [email protected] past but is being re-stated for clarity.
I AM A CHILD SURVIVOR If you are a child survivor of the GUIDELINES FOR OFFSPRING REPORTS Send all content for articles to: [email protected]. Please include your Attack on Pearl Harbor, contact Mary Ellen Smith and be recognized. name, position, and what chapter or area you are representing. (If I Also, send an account of your memories leading up to, during & after get an email from [email protected], I may not remember exactly the attack. If you would like the patch, “I am a Survivor”, please send who you are or what chapter or state you represent... even if we $6 payable to: Mary Ellen Smith, 5903 Arbor Road, Lakewood, CA have spoken on the phone. I do not have a photographic memory!) 90713 or email her at [email protected] And if sending a photo, please name all people in the photo, and include if they are SDPHS members, friends, or Pearl Harbor Survivors. I need this in order to identify them in the newsletter, members names 2014 DUES were due by December 6, 2014 but you can send them are always highlighted. in anytime after October 1st for the year 2015 - make sure you write PLEASE REMEMBER, YOUR EDITOR DOES NOT WRITE your membership number on your check. If you belong to a THE ARTICLES, YOU DO. Do not send newspaper articles (unless chapter, check with the treasurer to see if he or she is collecting for my reference), or expect articles to be written by me from a website, dues and planning to send them all in at once. Send dues form to that is the job of the person submitting the article. I will edit for space, the National Treasurer, Lois Heineken and mark on the form 2015 wording, etc. Only in special circumstances will I write the complete DUES in large print. Some chapters are doing this and it keeps article. everyone in active standing. Your article can be sent as a Word.doc or simply typed into the body of the email. The text for the article should NOT be sent as a graphic NEW CONTACT NUMBERS file (see explanation below). However, all photos should be sent separately as a graphic file and not imbedded into the article (I can SDPHS HISTORY PROJECT Past Offspring, Records, etc. not always extract them). (National, District, State or Chapters, copies of reports, etc.) and early history of SDPHS data send to our new National Historians: Linda Graphic (photo) files will have file extensions such as .jpg or .tif, (example: Carol.jpg). These are the most common files used by digital and Doug Hooks, 1414 Woodville Rd. Mansfield, OH 44903-9478 cameras and phone cameras. If I receive text as a graphic file it cannot (419) 526-0079 or email at: [email protected] be edited by any programs that I have. I am happy to help in any way I can, and a simple phone call can many times clear up any questions you might have. Look for Offspring Guidelines under Announcements in future issues.Final content deadline for the next issue is FEB. 15. Charles B. Shindel, 481st Aviation Ordinance, Hickam Field, PHSA Illinois Chaapter 2. 11th & 5th Bomb Group, Please Note: If you are not receiving your Offspring in color, please Army/AF. Lynn C. Shindel check the box in your Dues Renewal Form to get your color copy via email. It is much prettier and readable in color! And you will be saving printing costs for our organization. The Offspring is our biggest expense! Thank you, Carmen Harding IN LOVING MEMORY of Harry M. Cross, Schofield Editor, Offspring Barracks. Always in our hearts. Skip and Lou Large
Did You Know... The GRAM is now incorporated into the Remembrance, which is published by the National Parks Service. All “Survivors” GRAM subscriptions were Ad Send ad information and check to National Your converted to the “Remembrance” and all are expiring on e! Treasurer, Lois Heineken. Check should be 12/31/2014. All other GRAM subscribers that have been her clearly marked - Offspring Ad. receiving the Remembrance will receive notice of renewal at least two weeks prior to expiration. Contact person is: Amy Ogasawara, Pacific Historic Parks, 94-1187 Ka Uka Up to 4 lines: 1 issue - $ 8.00 / 4 issues - $25.00 Blvd., Waipahu, HI 96797. Phone (808)954-8726.
"In Memory 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 name, title (if IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Jack Brown, USMC, an officer), Chapter, City & State. Marine Barracks. Janis & David Elliston
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SDPHS Annual Dues Renewal Ck# ______(December 7, 2014 - December 6, 2015) Date ______Member Renewal $15.00 Amt. $______Associate Renewal $10.00 - Minor Renewal $5.00 For Office Use Only
Member: ______Member ID: ______Associate Member: ______Associate ID: ______Minor Member: ______Minor ID: ______Address: ______City, State, Zip: ______Telephone: ( ) ______- ______Cell Phone: ( ) ______- ______E-mail Address: ______
Please check if you wish to receive a color copy of your Offspring by e-mail instead of a black and white hard copy through the U.S. Postal Service. Make sure you include your e-mail address above.
Make check or money order payable to SDPHS, Inc. Mail to: Lois Heineken, Ntl. Treasurer 604 E. Gordon Holden, MO 64040 Note: The payment expiration year is indicated in [brackets] on the mailing label.
Please accept my donation for: (Check one below) ___General Fund ___Memorial Fund ___Scholarship Fund ___Pearl Harbor & Child Survivor History Project
Dues Sent: $______Donation: $______= Total: $______
IN HONOR OF Charles G. Smith “CG”, who served IN MEMORY OF BILL ECKEL aboard USS Gamble. Thanks Dad! Howard Snell Valerie J. Sullivan
IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, John W. Lawhon, USS IN MEMORY of my My Dad, Frank Zwolinski, Phelps, DD360. Love & miss you Daddy, USS Raleigh. Carolyn and Jerry With love from your daughter, Donna Madeira
Russell R. Argabrite, BMCM, USS California, BB44 IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Joseph C. Cronin, From his children, Martha, Raymond, Steven, John & Amy Cmdr. USN, Kaneole NAS and grandchildren Sean, Brendan, Melissa & Russell Joedy Adams
Edward A. George, Fort Shafter IN LOVING MEMORY of my dad, Alfred James Karen George Burridge Pomeroy, Schofield Barraks, 27th Infantry Regiment. Alfred J. Pomeroy, Jr.
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RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
THEY REMEMBER... WE WON’T FORGET submitted by his daughter William G. Legg, S 1/C Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Hawaii Jacqueline Kendzioreck
07:30 - I jump into my swim trunks, grab my laundry and head down the block long pier with full intention of doing my laundry before my comrades awakened after their “night on the town”. I reached the end of the pier, glanced to my left at the three PBY seaplanes, and began to wash my navy whites first. At this time I heard what I thought was a squadron of our planes approaching over my right shoulder... 07:55 - 08:45 I was scrubbing away when I heard and saw water splashing around the PBY seaplanes anchored to my left in the water. Almost instanta- neously I heard the thunderous bombs dropping on the PBY’s. As I saw them destroyed before my eyes, I was aware that one of the Japanese planes had circled and was coming at me. The pilot grinned, and as I ran from the end of the pier heading for cover, the strafing bullets followed me, hitting everything but me. Just as I was within a few yards of the plane ramp and hangars, bombs began falling on the planes and hangars. One of the bombs landed close enough to me to pick me up, and throw me 7 feet into the air. I landed on my back... When I regained consciousness, the Japanese planes had circled around and I saw clearly the symbol of the “Rising Sun” on the under wing, and I knew that we had been sneaked up on... We were at war with Japan. I laid motionless, hoping they would think I was dead, but the pilot, who seemed to be stalking me, strafed me with bullets... I don’t know if one of the bullets hit my arm, it hurt so badly I couldn’t tell. My arm was bleeding profusely. As the Japanese planes left to circle around again, I got to my feet, ran to my barracks, jumped into some jeans and then made a dash for the sick bay where the shrapnel was removed from my arm and stitches put in to hold my arm together. When this process was completed, I ran back toward the hangar area where it appeared help was needed. About the time I arrived my commanding officer called to me, “Hey, Legg, man the machine gun, the bastards just killed the last man operating it.” I ran to the machine gun nested behind some cinder blocks. Low and behold here came the Japs again. The same pilot had spotted me.. Back then my hair was a sandy red but in the sunlight it must have looked like I was his special target. I was 20 years old, weighing 130 pounds, and when I saw that grinning Japanese pilot coming right at me I knew it was either him or me. I rose to my feet, machine gun 70 pounds heavy, I began to shoot at the advancing plane.. The Japanese pilot grinning from ear to ear, beading in on me as I stood in the warm blood of my fallen comrade. I became furious enough that it gave me the super strength I needed to point that machine gun dead center on the pilot. I fired as fast and furiously as I could and saw his face was not more than 40 to 50 feet from me, I continued to fire and I saw his head hit the instrument panel of his plane, and I stood and watched as he crashed into Kansas Hill. After that, no more planes, bombs or strafing. I didn’t understand why it stopped so abruptly until two years ago when my wife and I went to Honolulu, and I traced the events of December 7, 1941. When we “re-ran” the events of that day, the last stop we made was to the memorial the Japanese erected on that now Marine base to the pilot shot down, the only one on the then Kaneohe NAS. The Pilot, Lt. Iida was the “Commander, Third Air Control Group.” I cannot believe nor do I understand why the US government could possibly allow such a thing to be erected on a US military installation. My prayer is that December 7 and the fours years that followed would make a better place and a safer country for my children, grandchildren and future generations to live without fear of a sneak attack or any act of war on our soil. God bless us all and God help us. William Legg dictated this to his wife, Iris, on December 7, 1991, fifty years after the attack. He died of cancer on April 20, 2001 before the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City.