Escaping a Sinking Ship at Pearl Harbor

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99-year-old George Coburn of Oceanside, CA appears on episode #570 of Hometown Heroes, airing March April 4-7, 2019. Coburn enlisted in the Navy at the age of 18 in 1938, and was aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

George Coburn enlisted in the Navy in 1938. Find more photos on the Hometown Heroes facebook page.



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  1. […] 11-14, 2019, features Part II of our interview with 99-year-old George Coburn of Oceanside, CA. Click here to access Part I of his interview, focusing in detail on his ordeal aboard the USS Oklaho…. Episode #571 takes us beyond Pearl Harbor to Coburn’s years aboard the cruiser USS […]

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