Gallery: A hero is finally home
Published 6:24 am Thursday, December 8, 2016
Photo by Scott Boyd
Photo by Alex Jacks/Frank Springs, the oldest living relative of Fireman 1st Class Jim H. Johnston, says one last goodbye to his uncle's remains. Johnston perished 75 years ago on the USS Oklahoma during Pearl Harbor.
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
Photo by Alex Jacks
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Photo by Alex Jacks
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Photo by Scarlett Hart Public Relations Coordinator Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photo by Scarlett Hart Public Relations Coordinator Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photo by Scarlett Hart Public Relations Coordinator Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photo by Scarlett Hart Public Relations Coordinator Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photo by Scarlett Hart Public Relations Coordinator Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photo by Scarlett Hart Public Relations Coordinator Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photo by Scarlett Hart, Public Relations Coordinator, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Photos by Alex Jacks/Patriot Guard members, Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies and Brookhaven police officers escort the remains of Fireman 1st Class Jim H. Johnston to Riverwood Family Funeral Home Tuesday. Johnston will be buried Wednesday with full military honors 75 years after he was killed at Pearl Harbor during World War II.
Fireman 1st Class Jim H. Johnston was buried Wednesday with full military honors 75 years after the Wesson native was killed at Pearl Harbor during World War II.
The 23-year-old Wesson sailor died along with the other 428 crewmen on board the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The Oklahoma, moored at Ford Island, took several torpedo hits and quickly capsized. No single vessel at Pearl Harbor, with the exception of the USS Arizona, suffered as many fatalities.
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