The remains of a sailor from Massachusetts who died when the USS Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
FILE - This undated photo released by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency shows Roman W. Sadlowski, of Pittsfield, Mass., who was killed aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. His remains, which were identified in December 2018, are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. and nearly four years after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Roman W.
“We're quite excited,” Makarski, 81, said in a telephone interview. “It's been a long time, and I am glad to be alive to finalize it.”“I remember my Dad and Mom speaking about him, and they always spoke very highly of him,” he said. “I know he worked at General Electric and he did the books for my mother's little beauty salon in Pittsfield. Growing up, I always saw his picture at my grandmother's house.
As an electrician's mate his duties included maintaining, operating and repairing the battleship's electrical systems, motors, generators and alternators. The port side was torn open and within 15 minutes of the first strike, it had rolled over completely, trapping hundreds of crew members. Two members of the crew earned the Medal of Honor for their efforts trying to save their fellow sailors, and a third was awarded the Navy Cross.Of those who died, 388 could not be identified and were buried at the Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
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