Pearl Harbor Family History and Artifacts

Pearl Harbor Family History and Artifacts My name is Clarice Lakota (Kvidera); I created this page in memory of dad’s brother Uncle Bill. Born July 12, 1919, William L. MIA—>2018

Kvidera, CM3c perished aboard the USS Oklahoma BB-37 during the Japanese attacks at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

12/17/2025
Glad you’re home beside your Mom, Dad and brothers.
12/08/2025

Glad you’re home beside your Mom, Dad and brothers.

This is history!
12/07/2025

This is history!

Just before 8am on December 7, 1941, a surprise attack on a United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor began.The attack resulted in the loss of 2,400 Americans, including 415 on the battleship USS Oklahoma.

Pictured: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: “The “sacred flag of the U. S. S. Oklahoma,” saved from the battleship which was sunk at Pearl Harbor and forwarded to Oklahoma by the Pearl Harbor American Legion, was presented to the Oklahoma Historical Society by Governor Kerr in an impressive ceremony Wednesday in a joint session of the house and senate.”

(2012.201.B0338.0476, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, OHS)

11/23/2025
11/23/2025
11/06/2025

A U.S. Navy diver holds up the ashes of Raymond Haerry, one of the last USS Arizona survivor for the last time before returned his remains to the very place he had once escaped as a young sailor on that tragic morning of December 7, 1941. Though Raymond Haerry survived the inferno of Pearl Harbor, his heart never left the 1,177 shipmates who still rest beneath the waves. Now, after decades of remembrance, he joins them once more, not in battle, but in peace. His journey ended where his story began, among heroes.🕊️🇺🇸⚓
We remember. We honor. We never forget.

RIP Sailor 🙏🏻
10/31/2025

RIP Sailor 🙏🏻

With deep sorrow, we say farewell to Pearl Harbor survivor George W. Blake, a soldier who stood in the fire of history on that fateful morning of December 7, 1941. Under a sky filled with flames and chaos, he held his ground as America’s innocence burned away, and its resolve was born. For decades after, he carried the memory of those who never came home, not as a burden, but as a sacred duty. Today, his watch has ended, and he joins his 1,177 fallen brothers in eternal peace. We remember his courage, his humility, and the quiet strength of a man who never stopped honoring the day that changed the world.🕊️🇺🇸⚓

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