Reminiscence, December 7, 1941.

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Reminiscence, December 7, 1941.

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Personal account by an eyewitness of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Eppler was in the USS Vestal which was berthed next to the USS Arizona. The Vestal did not sink as the lines were cut connecting it to the Arizona.

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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Arizona (Battleship)

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Eppler, Harley.

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Harley Eppler was an enlisted man in the Navy aboard USS Vestal at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941. From the description of Reminiscence, December 7, 1941. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 731181620 ...

Vestal (Ship)

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