Posted 8 December 2008.
Edward F. Borucki, of Southampton, Mass. salutes during a Pearl Harbor Commemoration
in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008.
With an eye on the immediate aftermath of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor,
thousands of World War II veterans and other observers commemorated the
67th anniversary of the devastating Japanese military raid.
This print of a pencil sketch was found on the internet. The artists name is Branson G. Stevenson.
In the lower left corner are the words TRIBUNE PRINTING & SUPPLY CO. 160M 8 - 10 -43
The print size is 14 3/4 X 11 1/8 inches
This image is the same as the black and white version donated by Rick.
It was colored by our good friend John Galla, USS Des Moines CA-134
The following picture donated by Rick. It belonged to his uncle James J. Ryan.
The following pictures are from the sites listed below
He was on the USS Helena and was aboard at the time it was in port at Pearl when it was attacked.
He and Maurice Kleckner were trapped in the boiler room and they were the two that got them operational so that the Helena could fire.
About 2 weeks before the USS Helena was sunk, he or Maurice were offered a chance to go to advanced diesel mechanics school.
So he and Maurice decided to cut cards to see who would go and who would stay and my uncle won and went to school.
He and Maurice continued to keep in contact with each other and called each other every December 7th right up to when my Uncle past away.
This painting hung above my uncles favorite recliner.
View of the starboard side amidships, taken
at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California,
27 June 1942, following repair of combat
damage and an overhaul. Note the ship's
redesigned forward superstructure,
including an open bridge and reduced
lower bridge wings. Mark 34 main battery
gun director, with antenna for an FC gunfire
control radar, is immediately in front of the
foremast. The other director, just behind the
open bridge, is a Mark 33, with antenna for
an FD radar mounted on its front. Weight
traversing gear on the main deck, between
the forward superstructure and 6"/47 gun
turret # 3, indicates that Helena is
undergoing an inclining experiment to
determine her stability.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships
Collection in the U.S. National Archives
#19-N-31213.
Central Solomons Campaign, 1943
Light cruisers maneuvering off Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides,
during exercises on 20 June 1943, ten days before the invasion
of New Georgia. Ships are USS Saint Louis (CL-49) , at left;
USS Helena (CL-50), at right; and USS Honolulu (CL-48)
in the center distance. Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
now in the collections of the National Archives #80-G-57074.
Battle of Kula Gulf, 5-6 July 1943
USS Helena (CL-50), in the center, firing during the
Battle of Kula Gulf, just before she was
torpedoed and sunk.
The next ship astern is USS Saint Louis (CL-49).
Photographed from USS Honolulu (CL-48) .
Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
now in the collections of the
National Archives #80-G-54553