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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nA few months ago, Hondo told us<\/a> that Ensign John Charles England’s earthly remains had been identified by DPAA, now we hear<\/a> that he’s finally on his way to his family. He lost his life aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. According to Wiki<\/a>;<\/p>\n On the morning of December 7, 1941, just four days from his 21st birthday John C. England volunteered to work in the ship’s radio room for a friend so that he might have more time with his family when they arrived. That morning the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the USS Oklahoma was one of their first targets. Oklahoma was moored at Battleship Row 7, outboard alongside Maryland. USS Oklahoma took 3 torpedo hits almost immediately after the first Japanese bombs fell. As she began to capsize, 2 more torpedoes struck home, and her men were strafed as they abandoned ship. Within 20 minutes after the attack began, she had swung over until halted by her masts touching bottom, her starboard side above water, and a part of her keel clear.<\/p>\n Ensign England survived the initial attack and escaped topside as the ship was capsizing. He remembered the men still in the radio room. He returned three times to the radio room, each time guiding a man to safety. He left to go back below decks for the fourth time and was never seen again. He was one of twenty officers and 395 enlisted men who were killed on board USS Oklahoma that morning. Ensign England’s gallant effort saved three men, but cost him his life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Today, he’s being laid to rest beside his parents by his granddaughter in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n “Nobody loved him more than his mom and dad,” said Glenn. Her grandfather’s remains arrive in Colorado Springs on Friday and will be transported by formal procession to The Springs Funeral Services. The 10 a.m. graveside service at 1005 S. Hancock Ave. will be followed by a themed reception, with reenactors from the Evergreen Cemetery Benevolent Society, Colorado WWII Living Historians and autos from the Pikes Peak Chapter Veteran Motor Car Club of America.<\/p>\n “We’re stepping back in time and setting up the area around the chapel as if it was Dec. 6, 1941 – the day before Pearl Harbor,” said society director and reception organizer Dianne Hartshorn.<\/p>\n “I just wanted something special, not only for the people who come but for Bethany and her family. He’s a Pearl Harbor hero.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The article also says that he was awarded the Medal of Honor, but not according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"