Pearl Harbor

Family of USS Oklahoma sailor happy 'Uncle Buck' will be remembered

July 8, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

NIOTA, Ill. — Glenn Smith always remained curious about what happened to Uncle Buck. “My grandmother (Bertha Harr) and my mother (Margaret Harr), ever since I was a little kid, always wondered where Uncle Buck was because he was missing an action,” Smith said. “They never had clarity. He was just lost forever, buried in…

Read Full Article

Once labeled 'non-recoverable,' Dallas City sailor who died in Pearl Harbor attack on USS Oklahoma now accounted for

July 1, 2021 | By Muddy River News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that Navy Fireman 1st Class Robert J. Harr, 25, of Dallas City, Ill., killed during World War II, was accounted for on Feb. 12, 2021. Harr was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, when the ship was attacked…

Read Full Article