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2010-05-27 -Obits-

MoH Recipient John Finn, hero at Pearl Harbor, dies at 100

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-27 16:53|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 15 years as a lieutenant...I guess they didn't have "up or out" back then...

Posted by gromky 2010-05-27 18:27|| 2010-05-27 18:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Born on July 23, 1909, in Los Angeles, California, Finn dropped out of school after seventh grade.[1] He enlisted in the Navy in July 1926, shortly before his seventeenth birthday, By December 1941, Finn was stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. As a chief aviation ordnanceman

Finn then found a movable platform used for gunnery training, attached the .50 caliber machine gun, and pushed the platform into an open area, from which he had a clear view of the attacking aircraft. He fired on the Japanese planes for the next two hours, even after being seriously wounded, until the attack had ended. In total, he received 21 distinct wounds, including a bullet through the foot and an injury which caused him to lose feeling in his left arm.

Deepest respects and condolences to his family.

Posted by ed 2010-05-27 19:56|| 2010-05-27 19:56|| Front Page Top

#3 He grew up near Los Angeles and had been in the Navy 15 years by the time he was stationed in Hawaii. He left the Navy as a lieutenant in 1947

Gromky he was a stone cold enlisted man, read.

Posted by Shipman 2010-05-27 20:13|| 2010-05-27 20:13|| Front Page Top

#4 To be more accurate, he was a "mustang".

Posted by Pappy 2010-05-27 22:17|| 2010-05-27 22:17|| Front Page Top

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