re: Does anyone have a family member alive that served in WW2?

Had a great uncle stationed in Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th 1941. He was on the Oklahoma when it was hit with 9 torpedos and rolled. He was one of the lucky 32 they pulled out of the ship 36 hours after the attack. They survived in pitch black oil/water mix until the rescue crews cut deep enough into the ship to find them.

He was also on a differnet ship that was blown in half in in the soloman islands but I can’t remeber the name of it.

I wish I was old enough to really understand what he went through before he passed. He saw all parts of the pacific campaign. Was even there for Guadalcanal. He was a wealth of information on the pacific theater.