legacy.com
Pearl Harbor
Guinea
Japan
World War II
Died in 2020
veterans
Pearl Harbor
Guinea
Japan
Alexander Horanzy (1922 – 2020), U.S. Army veteran who survived Pearl Harbor
Reading now: 215
legacy.com
legacy.comAlexander Horanzy was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Horanzy was stationed with the 24th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks on December 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor.
Horanzy was loading trucks with ammunition, in case the base needed to be defended from ground troops, when low-flying enemy planes made them run for cover.
His division responded to the attack, shooting down five Japanese planes and becoming the first U.S. Army soldiers to engage with the Japanese in World War II.
Horanzy found a Japanese flag in one of those downed planes and kept it as a souvenir. As the war continued, he went on to fight in New Guinea.
Read more on legacy.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Report this news
Related News
Celebrities
Locations