BRIDGE NAMING FOR RAY COUNTIANS KILLED AT PEARL; GRANDCHILDREN DISCUSS GRANDMOTHER’S DEEP LOSS; RAY COUNTIAN KILLED ON OKLAHOMA MAY BE FOUND

BRIDGE NAMING FOR RAY COUNTIANS KILLED AT PEARL; GRANDCHILDREN DISCUSS GRANDMOTHER’S DEEP LOSS; RAY COUNTIAN KILLED ON OKLAHOMA MAY BE FOUND

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STOCKTON – Exactly how they died 80 years ago is unlikely to surface from the waters of Pearl Harbor, but the memory of three Ray County men killed there, 3,855 miles from home, is kept alive by their relative, Karen Grantham, 59. She grew up with their story. Lived with it. Told it. Worked to make something good come from it by making sure they are remembered, as Grantham’s grandmother wanted. The work will bear fruit in June, when a Richmond bridge is named in their honor. JAPANESE ATTACK Some of what happened to them is a matter of record. A Special Operations Forces Report stated some sailors drank until midnight and still felt the effect as the sun rose over Pearl Harbor early Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. Just another lazy, sunny day in paradise. Tokyo and Washington had traded tough talk about U.S. sanctions and Japan’s treatment of the Chinese, especially at Nanking. But to the average sailor – in his teens or early 20s – such...

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