world war i in the atlantic. the navy later modernized the oklahoma and brought it to the pacific and on the morning of december 7th, 1941 the uss oklahoma was one of eight u.s. battleships stationed at pearl harbor in hawaii. and we all know what happened there. >> they were coming in from our starboard side. we were watching them. >> torpedoes. you're seeing what he did as at the found theiring its. he remembers how it felt. >> just like one of my aunts used to shake me it does it shakes it. it would move that 29,000 ton ship. i ant wean worried about the oklahoma. i was worried about me so i just started running. want to know the truth. this ship was 90 degrees over and i could see it was going farther. >> goodyear jumped from the ship. within ten minutes the uss oklahoma had rolled over trapping 429 men in her watery tomb. >> i have prayed that most of