Twist sends us the news that Walter Henry Sollie is coming home after a 75 year absence. He was in an unmarked grave in The Punchbowl in Hawaii after losing his life aboard USS Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. Hondo told us that DPAA had identified Walter’s earthly remains in August.
The Demopolis Times reports that Walter’s brother, Fred, also a sailor at Pearl Harbor that fateful day watched from his own station aboard USS Schley as his brother’s ship was struck by enemy Japanese fire. Walter had been in the Navy since 1923.
Acording to the Oak Lawn Funeral Home, a service will be held for Walter tomorrow at the Pensacola Naval Air Station at 11:00 am at the Pensacola Aviation Chapel
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10 responses to “Walter Henry Sollie comes home”
Welcome home Brother. God rest you well.
Thanks to the Patriot Guard. Welcome home.
Welcome home, shipmate.
Welcome home, Sailor.
“Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter, home from the hills”
Why is my font like this? I don’t know how to fix this
Welcome home, Brother.
Welcome home, Sailor. Rest in Peace now.
I had not been keeping count, but does anyone know how many men from the Oklahoma that DPAA has pulled out of Punchbowl Cemetery and identified? I know it is many of them.
Fair Winds
Fallow Seas
Lest We Forget
Rip Sea Warrior
Glad you finally made it Home.