Remains of Omaha sailor who died at Pearl Harbor identified by anthropologists at Offutt
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Steve Liewer
A sailor from Omaha who died aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 — 77 years ago today — has been identified through the efforts of Defense Department anthropologists working in a laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base.
The identification of George Allen Thompson, 20, was announced Wednesday in a press release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.
Thompson’s was the latest of more than 180 identifications so far from the USS Oklahoma. Altogether, 429 sailors and Marines on board the ship were killed, but only 35 were identified in the immediate aftermath of the surprise attack on the Navy’s Pacific battleship fleet. The attack brought the United States into World War II.
The Oklahoma was struck by as many as eight torpedoes in the first minutes of the attack and rolled over at its pier. While about 1,000 men survived, nearly 400 were trapped below decks. A few were rescued in the hours after the battleship capsized, but many drowned.
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I'm headed out the door. Back tomorrow morning. Great story.
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And welcome to DU! My Dad was in the Navy, well after Pearl Harbor and WWII, but he was drafted and served as radio operator on the USS Ranger. I'm wondering now if he knew that prayer. 
