Herberts account of Pearl Harbor DECEMBER 7, 1941:
EDQUIST, HERBERT E., 22Years old
Radioman 2nd Class, U.S.S Maryland (BB 46)
MEDALS AND AWARDS: American theatre Campaign Medal; American Defense Medal with one star; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal with four stars; Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars; and the World War II Victory Medal.
BATTLE STATION ON DECEMBER 7, 1941: Repair One.
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES ON DECEMBER &, 1941:
The U.S.S. Maryland was tied up at "Battleship Row" near Ford Island. I was standing by my locker when general quarters was sounded. I thought, what is the Navy doing, having a realistic sham battle on Sunday morning? I went forward to the main deck, to the bow area, to close battleports. I did not know what was really going on until I looked out of a porthole in the Chief Petty Officer's washroom and saw tracer bullets being fired at a plane that had just passed over the U.S.S. Maryland. Ti was headed for Ford Island, and at that moment I knew it was war.
I didn't know who the enemy was until a little later. After closing all the battleports, I reported to my battle station, Repair One, located amidship on the starboard side of the main deck. I was given orders to carry one-point-one ammo from the ammo elevator, located amidship on the portside of the main deck, back to the crew's library. There it was put into clips and delivered to gun positions.
After the attack I went topside to see what had happened. I went over to the overturned U.S.S Oklahoma, that had been tied up to the U.S.S. Maryland's portside, and along with other personnel listened for signs of survivors still trapped inside the ship. There were signals that resulted in personnel being saved.
The next day I went with a salvage party over to the U.S.S Arizona for anything that could be salvaged, but we found nothing. Having been below decks during the air attack, I had to see the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" to see the action that took place during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and the U.S.S. Tennessee left Pearl Harbor December 21, 1941 and returned to the United States mainland for repairs. I was transferred off the U.S.S. Maryland in January 1942. I was assigned to attack transport duty for the duration. I served on the U.S.S. J. Franklin Bell during operations at Adak, Attu, and Kiska in the Aleutians, and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Lamar at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Monrovia at Okinawa.
I was discharged from the U.S. Navy in September, 1945, as a Chief Radioman.
Military Information: CRM, US NAVY
EDQUIST, HERBERT E., 22Years old
Radioman 2nd Class, U.S.S Maryland (BB 46)
MEDALS AND AWARDS: American theatre Campaign Medal; American Defense Medal with one star; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal with four stars; Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars; and the World War II Victory Medal.
BATTLE STATION ON DECEMBER 7, 1941: Repair One.
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES ON DECEMBER &, 1941:
The U.S.S. Maryland was tied up at "Battleship Row" near Ford Island. I was standing by my locker when general quarters was sounded. I thought, what is the Navy doing, having a realistic sham battle on Sunday morning? I went forward to the main deck, to the bow area, to close battleports. I did not know what was really going on until I looked out of a porthole in the Chief Petty Officer's washroom and saw tracer bullets being fired at a plane that had just passed over the U.S.S. Maryland. Ti was headed for Ford Island, and at that moment I knew it was war.
I didn't know who the enemy was until a little later. After closing all the battleports, I reported to my battle station, Repair One, located amidship on the starboard side of the main deck. I was given orders to carry one-point-one ammo from the ammo elevator, located amidship on the portside of the main deck, back to the crew's library. There it was put into clips and delivered to gun positions.
After the attack I went topside to see what had happened. I went over to the overturned U.S.S Oklahoma, that had been tied up to the U.S.S. Maryland's portside, and along with other personnel listened for signs of survivors still trapped inside the ship. There were signals that resulted in personnel being saved.
The next day I went with a salvage party over to the U.S.S Arizona for anything that could be salvaged, but we found nothing. Having been below decks during the air attack, I had to see the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" to see the action that took place during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and the U.S.S. Tennessee left Pearl Harbor December 21, 1941 and returned to the United States mainland for repairs. I was transferred off the U.S.S. Maryland in January 1942. I was assigned to attack transport duty for the duration. I served on the U.S.S. J. Franklin Bell during operations at Adak, Attu, and Kiska in the Aleutians, and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Lamar at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Monrovia at Okinawa.
I was discharged from the U.S. Navy in September, 1945, as a Chief Radioman.
Military Information: CRM, US NAVY
Herberts account of Pearl Harbor DECEMBER 7, 1941:
EDQUIST, HERBERT E., 22Years old
Radioman 2nd Class, U.S.S Maryland (BB 46)
MEDALS AND AWARDS: American theatre Campaign Medal; American Defense Medal with one star; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal with four stars; Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars; and the World War II Victory Medal.
BATTLE STATION ON DECEMBER 7, 1941: Repair One.
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES ON DECEMBER &, 1941:
The U.S.S. Maryland was tied up at "Battleship Row" near Ford Island. I was standing by my locker when general quarters was sounded. I thought, what is the Navy doing, having a realistic sham battle on Sunday morning? I went forward to the main deck, to the bow area, to close battleports. I did not know what was really going on until I looked out of a porthole in the Chief Petty Officer's washroom and saw tracer bullets being fired at a plane that had just passed over the U.S.S. Maryland. Ti was headed for Ford Island, and at that moment I knew it was war.
I didn't know who the enemy was until a little later. After closing all the battleports, I reported to my battle station, Repair One, located amidship on the starboard side of the main deck. I was given orders to carry one-point-one ammo from the ammo elevator, located amidship on the portside of the main deck, back to the crew's library. There it was put into clips and delivered to gun positions.
After the attack I went topside to see what had happened. I went over to the overturned U.S.S Oklahoma, that had been tied up to the U.S.S. Maryland's portside, and along with other personnel listened for signs of survivors still trapped inside the ship. There were signals that resulted in personnel being saved.
The next day I went with a salvage party over to the U.S.S Arizona for anything that could be salvaged, but we found nothing. Having been below decks during the air attack, I had to see the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" to see the action that took place during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and the U.S.S. Tennessee left Pearl Harbor December 21, 1941 and returned to the United States mainland for repairs. I was transferred off the U.S.S. Maryland in January 1942. I was assigned to attack transport duty for the duration. I served on the U.S.S. J. Franklin Bell during operations at Adak, Attu, and Kiska in the Aleutians, and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Lamar at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Monrovia at Okinawa.
I was discharged from the U.S. Navy in September, 1945, as a Chief Radioman.
Military Information: CRM, US NAVY
EDQUIST, HERBERT E., 22Years old
Radioman 2nd Class, U.S.S Maryland (BB 46)
MEDALS AND AWARDS: American theatre Campaign Medal; American Defense Medal with one star; Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal with four stars; Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars; and the World War II Victory Medal.
BATTLE STATION ON DECEMBER 7, 1941: Repair One.
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES ON DECEMBER &, 1941:
The U.S.S. Maryland was tied up at "Battleship Row" near Ford Island. I was standing by my locker when general quarters was sounded. I thought, what is the Navy doing, having a realistic sham battle on Sunday morning? I went forward to the main deck, to the bow area, to close battleports. I did not know what was really going on until I looked out of a porthole in the Chief Petty Officer's washroom and saw tracer bullets being fired at a plane that had just passed over the U.S.S. Maryland. Ti was headed for Ford Island, and at that moment I knew it was war.
I didn't know who the enemy was until a little later. After closing all the battleports, I reported to my battle station, Repair One, located amidship on the starboard side of the main deck. I was given orders to carry one-point-one ammo from the ammo elevator, located amidship on the portside of the main deck, back to the crew's library. There it was put into clips and delivered to gun positions.
After the attack I went topside to see what had happened. I went over to the overturned U.S.S Oklahoma, that had been tied up to the U.S.S. Maryland's portside, and along with other personnel listened for signs of survivors still trapped inside the ship. There were signals that resulted in personnel being saved.
The next day I went with a salvage party over to the U.S.S Arizona for anything that could be salvaged, but we found nothing. Having been below decks during the air attack, I had to see the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" to see the action that took place during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The U.S.S. Maryland, U.S.S. Pennsylvania, and the U.S.S. Tennessee left Pearl Harbor December 21, 1941 and returned to the United States mainland for repairs. I was transferred off the U.S.S. Maryland in January 1942. I was assigned to attack transport duty for the duration. I served on the U.S.S. J. Franklin Bell during operations at Adak, Attu, and Kiska in the Aleutians, and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Lamar at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. I served on the U.S.S. Monrovia at Okinawa.
I was discharged from the U.S. Navy in September, 1945, as a Chief Radioman.
Military Information: CRM, US NAVY
Inscription
Herbert E Edquist
CRM
US Navy
World War II
Mar 3 1919
Mar 31 1999
Pearl Harbor Survivor
