New Bern sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified decades later

New Bern sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified decades later

The U.S. Navy battleship USS California (BB-44) sinks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Photo: U.S. Navy Anne Edwards’ grandmother rarely spoke about the young man wearing a Navy “Crackerjack” uniform in the photograph displayed on a table in the living room of her New Bern home. As a child, Edwards would hear her mother occasionally refer to him as “uncle.” From what other relatives said, he was a sociable, kind man. “The…