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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The remains of a sailor born in Arkansas and killed in the early hours of the Pearl Harbor attack that pulled the US into World War II have been identified and will receive a formal military internment.
Seaman 2nd Class Joseph Morris Robertson was stationed on the battleship USS Oklahoma as it was berthed in Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941. It was the Paragould-born 18-year-old's first duty station after boot camp.
His recently identified remains will be reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery on July 8 after his death in a battle that marked America’s entry into World War II.
On that fateful Dec. 7 at 7:55 a.m., the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor base, and the Oklahoma was one of the first ships hit by three air-launched torpedoes followed by machine...
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