HUTCHINSON, Kan. — It was 80 years ago today that Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor, thrusting the U.S. into World War II. Eight Reno County soldiers were killed in the attack, two of them were brothers. While the U.S. suffered significant damage in the attack, it was able to turn the tide on the war in the Pacific six months later when it won a decisive battle at Midway. We remember the eight Reno County residents that lost their lives that day and the nine others who survived:
Harold Kagarice: USS Arizona
Harold Bates: USS Oklahoma
Robert E. Clark: Member of anti-aircraft unit
Camillus O’ Grady: Yeoman on an unidentified battleship
James H. Stucky: Firefighter
Stephan Stucky: Water tender and brother of James
Everett Windle: USS Oklahoma
William Ellis: USS Arizona
Nine others survived the attack. They are:
Leo Applegate — Ship Fitter — USS Medusa — Survivor
H.A. Bisbee — Flight Engineer — Survivor
William Downing — Private First Class — Schofield Barracks — Survivor
Edgar Kentfield Jr. — Chief Petty Officer — Survivor
Walt McCandless — Chief Mechanics Mate Ammunitions Ship — Survivor
James Ragsdale — Chief Petty Officer — USS Worden — Survivor
Joaquin “John” Santos — Cook — USS Nevada — Survivor
Carl Zimmerman — Mechanics Mate — USS Honolulu — Survivor
Gregory Zimmerman — Sargent Schofield Barracks — Survivor
Edgar Kentfield Jr. was the last survivor of Pearl Harbor alive in Hutchinson when he died Aug. 11, 2015.
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