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Raymond Ralph Camery of Modesto, Calif., was presumed dead aboard a ship attacked at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Eight decades later, DNA samples have confirmed it.
DNA testing has confirmed the identities of hundreds of shipmates.
On June 4, 1942, the tide of the Pacific War was altered for the remainder of the hostilities between the United States and the Empire of Japan.
Some of these have to be read to be believed. Sunsets over Manila Bay are nothing less than spectacular. Once the sun dips below the horizon there is a lingering illumination known as “blue hour” as the sky gradually shifts from pale azure to deep indigo before fading completely into the black tropical night. But for the men of USS Seawolf there was no blue hour that warm January evening in 1942. Their submarine rested on the inky bottom of the bay awaiting nightfall when it would be safe to surface. At 7:30 pm, Lt. Cmdr. Frederick “Fearless Freddie” Warder, gave the command. The s...