Posted on Oct 7, 2016
One of Last USS Arizona Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack Dies
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One of the last living crew members on the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Raymond Haerry was 94.
His son says Haerry died Sept. 27 in Rhode Island.
He was one of six remaining Arizona survivors.
Raymond Haerry Jr. told The Associated Press on Friday that his father ran to an anti-aircraft gun on Dec. 7, 1941, but the ammunition was in storage.
He tried to get ammunition, but a large bomb detonated first.
Haerry Jr. says his father swam through flaming waters to shore and shot at Japanese planes from there.
The ship lost 1,177 men, nearly four-fifths of its crew.
Haerry Jr. says when he can afford it, he'll take his father's ashes to be interred on the Arizona.
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His son says Haerry died Sept. 27 in Rhode Island.
He was one of six remaining Arizona survivors.
Raymond Haerry Jr. told The Associated Press on Friday that his father ran to an anti-aircraft gun on Dec. 7, 1941, but the ammunition was in storage.
He tried to get ammunition, but a large bomb detonated first.
Haerry Jr. says his father swam through flaming waters to shore and shot at Japanese planes from there.
The ship lost 1,177 men, nearly four-fifths of its crew.
Haerry Jr. says when he can afford it, he'll take his father's ashes to be interred on the Arizona.
"Welcome home Brother!"
@ SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas Capt Christopher MuellerCPT (Join to see)COL Mikel J. BurroughsSgt Joe LaBrancheSSgt (Join to see)Capt Seid WaddellSrA Christopher Wright LTC Stephen F.PO2 Ed C. PO2 Mark Saffell MSG Tom EarleyPVT James Strait Alan K. PO1 William "Chip" NagelSGT John " Mac " McConnellSSG Leo Bell SFC William Farrell
One of Last USS Arizona Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack Dies
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Thanks for letting us know SP5 Mark Kuzinski that USS Arizona battleship sailor Raymond Haerry died Sept. 27 in Rhode Island.
I know he kept the memory of what happened on Dec. 7, 1941. He probably never had a day in his life when memories of his friends and comrades came back to him.
I know he kept the memory of what happened on Dec. 7, 1941. He probably never had a day in his life when memories of his friends and comrades came back to him.
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