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Survivors in Bold Print Twins marked with an * 1. *Anderson, Delbert J. John Delmar 2. Allison, Andrew K. J.T. 3. Ball, William V. Masten A. 4. Becker, Harvey Herman Marvin Otto Wesley Paulson 5. Birdsell, Ryan Delois Estelle 6. Bromley, George Edward Jimmie 7. Chandler, Donald Ross Edwin Ray 8. Chapman, Naaman Noel B. 9. Christiansen, Edward Lee Harlan Carl 10. Conrad, Homer Milton, Jr. Walter Ralph 11. Conlin, Bernard Eugene James Leo 12. Cooper, Clarence Eugene Kenneth Erven 13. Czarnecki, Stanley Anthony Francis 14. Doherty, George Walter John Albert John Andrew 15. Flory, Max Edward Dale Frederick 16. *Heidt, Edward Joseph Wesley John 17. Ingalls, Richard Fitch Theodore A. 18. Iverson, Earl Henry Norman Kenneth 19. Jones, Daniel Pugh Woodrow Wilson 20. Jones, Edward Ethmer Homer Lloyd 21. Keniston, Donald Lee Kenneth Howard 22. Kennington, Charles Cecil Milton Homer 23. Kramb, James Henry John David 24. Lakin, Donald Lapier Joseph Joran 25. Livers, Raymond Edward Wayne Nichols 26. Miller, George Stanley Jessie Zimmer 27. Murdock, Charles Luther Melvin Elijah Thomas D. 28. Nichols, Alfred Ross Louis Duffie 29. O'Bryan, George David Joseph Benjamin 30. Shive, Malcolm Holman Gordon E. 31. Skiles, Charley Jackson, Jr. Eugene 32. Starkovich, Charles Joseph, Jr. 33. Velia, Galen Steve Keith Lloyd 34. Wells, Raymond Virgil, Jr. William B. Father and Son: Father: Free, Thomas Augustus Son:William Thomas

When these young men enlisted, there was a general belief that the United states would not become involved in the war in Europe, and little thought that diplomatic and economic problems with Japan would ever result in war. Eventually legislation was passed which prohibited members of the same family from serving on the same ship.

1. Why might brothers hope to be assigned to the same ship? If they had known what was to come, do you think they would still have tried to serve on the same ship?

2. How many families had three sons on board? How many of those sons survived?

3. What else can you learn from this chart?

Information for Chart 2 comes from the USS Arizona Memorial, National Park Service.