Doug N
@dgnoha.bsky.social
Manager Funeral Director at Minnehaha Funeral Homes & Firefighter/EMT at Baltic, SD Volunteer Fire Department
Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Naval History, and Brass Era Car nut
Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Naval History, and Brass Era Car nut
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#RIP Jessie A. Mahaffey who has passed away at the age of 102. Mahaffey was serving on board USS Oklahoma when the battleship was sunk by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941. He also survived the sinking of USS Northampton in 1942. Only 14 veterans of the attack on Pearl Harbor are still alive.
March 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#RIP Jessie A. Mahaffey who has passed away at the age of 102. Mahaffey was serving on board USS Oklahoma when the battleship was sunk by the Japanese on 7 Dec 1941. He also survived the sinking of USS Northampton in 1942. Only 14 veterans of the attack on Pearl Harbor are still alive.
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#OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat.
February 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#OTD in 1944, U.S. forces began the assualt on Eniwetok atoll. All but about 140 of the 3,500 Japanese defenders fought to their deaths. Passed by wartime censors, this photo of fatigued Marines after the battle presented a rare image of the psychological effects of combat.