Clyde Daughtry of Fort Myers, who as a Navy photographer filmed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died of a heart attack Sunday at Lee Memorial Hospital here. He was 74.
Mr. Daughtry, a Georgia native, had undergone triple coronary bypass surgery nine years earlier and suffered from angina, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Harvey's Funeral Home here with burial at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Daughtry was a photographer's mate first class aboard the supply ship USS Argonne on Dec. 7, 1941. After the attack began, he grabbed a motion picture camera and began
shooting, and made a 200-foot film.
The Argonne escaped damage during the attack.
Mr. Daughtry's film remained classified for 41 years. In 1983, the National Archives recognized him as the maker of the film, and gave him a copy. It aired that year on Cable
News Network, a CNN spokesman said.
The National Archives has 12 movies of the Pearl Harbor attack, an Archives spokesman said. Only Mr. Daughtry has succeeded in gaining attribution as the maker of one of the
12 movies, the spokesman added.
Clyde Daughtry was born Dec. 4, 1910, in Portal, Ga. He quit high school to join the Marines and, after four years in the Corps, switched to the Navy.
He retired as a chief warrant officer in 1958 with 27 years of service.
Afterward, Mr. Daughtry lived here and worked in the Inventory Control Department of the Lee County Schools, retiring in 1970.
He belonged to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, VFW, Retired Officers Association, Masons and Shriners, and was a deacon at Cyprus Lake Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones Daughtry of Fort Myers; two sons, Clyde E. Daughtry of Brooksville, Fla., and Geoffrey H. Daughtry of Fort Myers; two brothers,
Curtis L. and George W.E. Daughtry, both of Portsmouth, Va.; and a sister, Dr. Leila Denmark of Atlanta.
Mr. Daughtry, a Georgia native, had undergone triple coronary bypass surgery nine years earlier and suffered from angina, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Harvey's Funeral Home here with burial at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Daughtry was a photographer's mate first class aboard the supply ship USS Argonne on Dec. 7, 1941. After the attack began, he grabbed a motion picture camera and began
shooting, and made a 200-foot film.
The Argonne escaped damage during the attack.
Mr. Daughtry's film remained classified for 41 years. In 1983, the National Archives recognized him as the maker of the film, and gave him a copy. It aired that year on Cable
News Network, a CNN spokesman said.
The National Archives has 12 movies of the Pearl Harbor attack, an Archives spokesman said. Only Mr. Daughtry has succeeded in gaining attribution as the maker of one of the
12 movies, the spokesman added.
Clyde Daughtry was born Dec. 4, 1910, in Portal, Ga. He quit high school to join the Marines and, after four years in the Corps, switched to the Navy.
He retired as a chief warrant officer in 1958 with 27 years of service.
Afterward, Mr. Daughtry lived here and worked in the Inventory Control Department of the Lee County Schools, retiring in 1970.
He belonged to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, VFW, Retired Officers Association, Masons and Shriners, and was a deacon at Cyprus Lake Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones Daughtry of Fort Myers; two sons, Clyde E. Daughtry of Brooksville, Fla., and Geoffrey H. Daughtry of Fort Myers; two brothers,
Curtis L. and George W.E. Daughtry, both of Portsmouth, Va.; and a sister, Dr. Leila Denmark of Atlanta.
Clyde Daughtry of Fort Myers, who as a Navy photographer filmed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died of a heart attack Sunday at Lee Memorial Hospital here. He was 74.
Mr. Daughtry, a Georgia native, had undergone triple coronary bypass surgery nine years earlier and suffered from angina, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Harvey's Funeral Home here with burial at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Daughtry was a photographer's mate first class aboard the supply ship USS Argonne on Dec. 7, 1941. After the attack began, he grabbed a motion picture camera and began
shooting, and made a 200-foot film.
The Argonne escaped damage during the attack.
Mr. Daughtry's film remained classified for 41 years. In 1983, the National Archives recognized him as the maker of the film, and gave him a copy. It aired that year on Cable
News Network, a CNN spokesman said.
The National Archives has 12 movies of the Pearl Harbor attack, an Archives spokesman said. Only Mr. Daughtry has succeeded in gaining attribution as the maker of one of the
12 movies, the spokesman added.
Clyde Daughtry was born Dec. 4, 1910, in Portal, Ga. He quit high school to join the Marines and, after four years in the Corps, switched to the Navy.
He retired as a chief warrant officer in 1958 with 27 years of service.
Afterward, Mr. Daughtry lived here and worked in the Inventory Control Department of the Lee County Schools, retiring in 1970.
He belonged to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, VFW, Retired Officers Association, Masons and Shriners, and was a deacon at Cyprus Lake Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones Daughtry of Fort Myers; two sons, Clyde E. Daughtry of Brooksville, Fla., and Geoffrey H. Daughtry of Fort Myers; two brothers,
Curtis L. and George W.E. Daughtry, both of Portsmouth, Va.; and a sister, Dr. Leila Denmark of Atlanta.
Mr. Daughtry, a Georgia native, had undergone triple coronary bypass surgery nine years earlier and suffered from angina, according to a family member.
The funeral was today at Harvey's Funeral Home here with burial at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Daughtry was a photographer's mate first class aboard the supply ship USS Argonne on Dec. 7, 1941. After the attack began, he grabbed a motion picture camera and began
shooting, and made a 200-foot film.
The Argonne escaped damage during the attack.
Mr. Daughtry's film remained classified for 41 years. In 1983, the National Archives recognized him as the maker of the film, and gave him a copy. It aired that year on Cable
News Network, a CNN spokesman said.
The National Archives has 12 movies of the Pearl Harbor attack, an Archives spokesman said. Only Mr. Daughtry has succeeded in gaining attribution as the maker of one of the
12 movies, the spokesman added.
Clyde Daughtry was born Dec. 4, 1910, in Portal, Ga. He quit high school to join the Marines and, after four years in the Corps, switched to the Navy.
He retired as a chief warrant officer in 1958 with 27 years of service.
Afterward, Mr. Daughtry lived here and worked in the Inventory Control Department of the Lee County Schools, retiring in 1970.
He belonged to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, VFW, Retired Officers Association, Masons and Shriners, and was a deacon at Cyprus Lake Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Jones Daughtry of Fort Myers; two sons, Clyde E. Daughtry of Brooksville, Fla., and Geoffrey H. Daughtry of Fort Myers; two brothers,
Curtis L. and George W.E. Daughtry, both of Portsmouth, Va.; and a sister, Dr. Leila Denmark of Atlanta.
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