SEQUIM — The men who survived the surprise attack on U.S. military forces at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, all have their own stories to tell of that fateful day.
Ledford “Bud” Coggeshall, 82, recalls the sound of demolition equipment hitting the deck of the USS Oglala as the flagship of the Pacific Fleet Mine Force rolled and capsized in the harbor.
Lee Embree, 87, remembers the grinning faces of Japanese pilots as they flew past his B-17E at close range.
Syd Carr, 78, thinks of Navy launches pulling dead soldiers from the water when his ship, the USS Antares, entered the harbor two days after the attack.
These men and other Pearl Harbor survivors — dressed in their uniform of flowered aloha shirts and white pants — gathered Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 to commemorate the anniversary of the attack that officially drew U.S. forces into World War II.
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