Donald Stratton - Wikipedia
Donald Stratton (July 14, 1922 – February 15, 2020) was an American veteran and memoirist of World War II who served in the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet. [1] [2] [3] He was in the port gun director of the ship USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, when an armor-piercing bomb set off the ship's forward ammunition magazine ...
Donald Stratton, USS Arizona Survivor, Has Died
Dec 7, 2023 · On February 15, 2020, one of those men, Donald Stratton, passed away after spending years working to gain recognition for the hero who saved him. Prior to his passing, Stratton was one of only three surviving USS Arizona crewmen.
USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton dies at 97 - Navy Times
Donald Stratton, a sailor who survived the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor with serious burns but returned to the war and later devoted his years to honoring the terrible sacrifice of his ...
Donald Stratton Obituary | Feb 15, 2020 | Red Cloud, NE
Feb 17, 2020 · Don Stratton, who escaped a burning USS Arizona by making a harrowing hand-over-hand climb across a rope to an adjacent ship on Dec. 7, 1941, died Saturday, leaving just two living survivors of the famed battleship.
Fair Winds, Donald Stratton, USS Arizona Hero - NHHC
Jun 2, 2022 · Donald Stratton epitomized the men of the “Greatest Generation,” a child of the Great Depression who found a home in the pre-war Navy, only to have it destroyed in a matter of minutes by a...
Donald Stratton (1922-2020), Pearl Harbor Survivor, Dies at 97
Feb 18, 2020 · Donald Stratton was a U.S. Navy veteran who survived the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor in a daring escape from a burning ship. One of the last to...
Interview: Donald Stratton / USS Arizona Survivor’s Tale - HistoryNet
Dec 6, 2006 · Bored with Depression-era life in a small Nebraska town, Donald Stratton was just the sort of youngster the U.S. Navy was looking for prior to World War II. Stepping into the local post office in 1940, Stratton was all ears when a recruiter …
Donald Stratton - Arizona Final Salute
Donald was born July 14, 1922 in Invale Nebraska and grew up in Red Cloud, Nebraska. At 19 years old he enlisted in the US Navy and was then assigned to the USS Arizona. He met up with the Arizona while it was in dry dock in Bremerton Washington.
Donald Stratton, a Pearl Harbor survivor and USS Arizona crew ... - CNN
Feb 17, 2020 · Donald Stratton, a survivor of the USS Arizona, died February 15, according to a statement from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. He was 97, a tweet from USS Arizona said.
Donald Stratton, one of last three remaining survivors of USS …
Donald Stratton, a sailor severely burned while aboard the doomed USS Arizona during the Japanese surprise attack Dec. 7, 1941, died Saturday at his home in Colorado Springs,...