Phoenix sailor returns home nearly 80 years after dying in Pearl Harbor attacks
It's a homecoming nearly 80 years in the making. Author: Jen Wahl Updated: 9:40 AM MST January 13, 2021 PHOENIX — It’s a homecoming nearly 80 years in the making. A Phoenix sailor who was killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks has finally been brought back to the Valley from Hawaii. Now, he will be laid to rest next to his family. As Navy Seaman 1st Class Carl S. Johnson made his long-awaited return home to Phoenix, he was surrounded by his loving family that’s grown a couple generations since he left. Johnson took off for the Navy at only 16 and died two...