Monday, December 7, 2009

I believe today marks the 68th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II for the United States. This is when the City of Burbank suffered it's first casuality of the war. His name was Walter Leon Collier. His parents had divorced and he did not get along with his new step-mother and after only attending Burbank High School for 3 to 6 weeks as a sophmore, Walter left Burbank High and joined the Marines and was stationed at Pearl Harbor that fateful Sunday morning. Walter Leon Collier is listed as missing in action, lost at sea while a Marine aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma. Please take a few moments today and LET US NOT FORGET PEARL HARBOR.

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