Remembering Pearl Harbor — Dec. 7, 1941: Local man survived attack on Navy ship

Scott Swanson

Of The New Era

For George Swindle, the Navy was a way out of the Great Depression.

Where it took him was Pearl Harbor and way beyond.

Swindle, 88, now a resident at Wiley Creek Community, grew up in Alabama, one of 14 children. His father was a merchant. The fact that his father was not jobless, as so many were, made it difficult for him to get a job in one of…

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