Pearl Harbor

Montana's last surviving Pearl Harbor veteran passed away this past Spring in Anaconda, MT. Charlie Dowd, was just 17 years old the day he was awoken by the sound of the Japanese attacks.

During WWII, the US Navy designed a massive class of battleships. These battleships dwarfed many on the water.

Between the years 1941 and 1945, Montana produced over 75,000 soldiers for World War Two. These men, many of who had never left their hometown, would leave their homes and loved ones to go to foreign lands and put their lives on the line to serve their country

92 year-old U.S. Navy veteran Charlie Dowd remembers December 7, 1941 like it was yesterday, when the falling bombs knocked him out of his bunk on that Sunday morning.

Anaconda’s 92 year-old Charlie Dowd remembers December 7, 1941 like it was yesterday.

Our thoughts and smiles are with Vietnam War veteran Joseph Hooker, who was able to fulfill one of his last wishes.