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Archive Home > 2009 > December > 07 > Twist of fate, scene of carnage

Twist of fate, scene of carnage

But for a broken oil line, Sam Smith’s ship would have been at Pearl Harbor the day of the attack, 68 years ago

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
December 7, 2009

Sam Smith should have been on a ship in Pearl Harbor on the December morning when Japanese planes began bombing American battleships.

The 21-year-old sailor was serving aboard the USS Northampton, a heavy cruiser that was assigned to help protect the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, and was....

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