The remains of a Kansas man who was killed 78 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor have been identified. The Wichita Eagle reports that U.S. Navy Fireman First Class Rex Wise will be buried in April near his home in South Haven, near the state's southern border with Oklahoma. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday that Wise was accounted for in fall 2019. The 21-year-old was serving aboard the USS Oklahoma when torpedoes hit the ship, killing 429 people aboard.
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The destruction at the US Naval Base of Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor) which was attacked without warning by the Japanese airforce on the 7th December 1941. The attack took place whilst the Japanese were holding peace talks in Washington. More than 2000 servicemen were killed, and a large part of the US fleet destroyed. The attack caused the USA to join the war. This salvage crew is on the deck of the USS Oklahoma sunk on the night of the attack.
