A U-S NAVY SAILOR FROM KENTUCKY…..WHO DIED DURING THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK AND WHOSE REMAINS WENT UNIDENTIFIED FOR DECADES……WILL BE
LAID TO REST AT ARLINGTON NATONAL CEMETERY NEXT MONTH……
ACCORDING TO THE NAVY….SEAMAN SECOND CLASS JOSEPH MORRIS ROBERTSON….A NATIVE OF COVINGTON…..WHO DIED ABOARD THE U-S-S OKLAHOMA
DURING THE DECEMBER SEVENTH-19-41 JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR……WILL BE BURIED ON JULY EIGHTH IN ARLINGTON……
ROBERTSON WAS ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP U-S-S OKLAHOMA…..WHICH WAS MOORED AT FORD ISLAND…..WHEN THE SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY JAPANESE
AIRCRAFT…..THE OKLAHOMA SUSTAINED MULTIPLE TORPEDO HITS…..WHICH CAUSED IT TO QUICKLY CAPSIZE……RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF 429 CREWMEN……
