A bomb exploding near him sent shrapnel flying and a piece of the shrapnel pierced his abdomen, wounding him not seriously, though he had a scar forever after that incident.
On 21 August, less than four months before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, he had written his family to say that he had been to Honolulu, Waikiki, and Hilo on a liberty and had enjoyed the outing.
The envelope of a letter my father wrote his family from Pearl Habor on 21 August 1941
The first page of a letter my father wrote his family from Pearl Habor on 21 August 1941