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\"Nichols<\/a>

Pictured is Nichols, N.Y. resident and Korean War veteran, Norm Westervelt.\u00a0Holding a framed photo of his uncle, Stanley Osborne, a U.S. Navy veteran who served on the U.S.S. Arizona from 1918-1920, Norm donated his uncle’s\u00a0diary in March 2015 to a museum in Pearl Harbor. (Provided Photos)<\/p><\/div>\n

For 60 years, Korean War veteran Norm Westervelt, of Nichols, N.Y., had safely kept a diary at his home, which was written by his uncle, Stanley Osborne, a U.S. Navy veteran who served aboard the U.S.S. Arizona from 1918-1920. Today, the diary is part of a special collection at a museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.<\/p>\n

Norm explained, \u201cBecause I showed interest in the diary, my aunt, Stanley\u2019s widow, gave it to me.\u201d In more recent years, Norm had a desire to find the right place to donate the diary.<\/p>\n

Norm\u2019s daughter Carol and her husband traveled to Hawaii in 2014 to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. While there, with diary in tow, Carol questioned several sources, which eventually led her to historians in Pearl Harbor. The historians were very interested in acquiring the diary then; however, Carol opted to bring it back home to discuss the options with her father.<\/p>\n

The U.S.S. Arizona, best known in history as the battleship that sank in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, on the \u201cdate which will live in infamy\u201d following a bomb attack by the Japanese, claimed more than 2,500 lives, wounded 1,000 more and damaged or destroyed 18 American ships and 300 airplanes. Nearly half of the Pearl Harbor casualties occurred on the Arizona, which was hit four times by Japanese bombers.<\/p>\n

\"Nichols<\/a>

Pictured is Nichols, N.Y. resident and Korean War veteran, Norm Westervelt,\u00a0sixth from left,\u00a0and\u00a0his family who traveled to\u00a0Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in March 2015 to deliver the diary of Norm’s uncle, Stanley Osborne,\u00a0who served\u00a0on the U.S.S. Arizona from 1918-1920.<\/p><\/div>\n

Stanley Osborne was in his mid-forties when the U.S.S. Arizona sunk, and Westervelt, then only 12-years-old, remembers his uncle\u2019s reaction. Westervelt explained that Osborne\u2019s connection to the vessel remained a part of his uncle\u2019s identity and said, \u201cHe was so emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

A young Osborne would have been one of the first groups of Navy personnel to serve on the Arizona. Built for and by the U.S. Navy in the mid 1910\u2019s, the U.S.S. Arizona was commissioned in October 1916 and remained stateside during World War I. Arizona sailed for Europe in November 1918 with Osborne on board, one of a convoy of ships that escorted then President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference.<\/p>\n

Osborne wrote in his diary, \u201cManned the rail and gave the President three cheers when he passed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osborne was aboard the Arizona in 1919 during the Greco-Turkish war as well as witnessed airplanes that left the ship\u2019s platform for first-time flying attempts, historical events that interested Pearl Harbor officials.<\/p>\n

Busy sailing to Guantanamo Bay, Spain and Panama, among other places, Osborne\u2019s diary reflects his interest in travel. Osborne wrote, \u201cSouth of the Straits of Gibraltar; could see Africa a few miles away. It surely was wonderful scenery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlighting daily routines on ship, Osborne wrote entries about famous actress of-the-day Lillian Gish, live boxing matches and crew-boat races, and even jotted down every food item served from a Thanksgiving menu.<\/p>\n

Considered a rare diary, Westervelt was approached by the Smithsonian to purchase it, however decided it belonged in Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n

In March 2015, Norm and nine of his family members flew to Hawaii, visited the memorial and other notable sites, and delivered the diary on what happened to be the Arizona\u2019s 101st anniversary of its keel laying.<\/p>\n

At the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, a cenotaph which memorializes individuals missing in action, or lost or buried at sea in the Pacific during WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam War, Westervelt found the name of a friend, Towanda, Pa. native Pete McLinko, taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea in May 1951 and died while a prisoner in July that same year. His remains were not recovered.<\/p>\n

Scott Pawlowski, Chief of Cultural and Natural Resources at the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii shared by phone that 99 percent of their collection is from donations, such as the diary donated by Westervelt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hugely appreciative of Mr. Westervelt\u2019s donation. It is a nice addition to the collection,\u201d Pawlowski said, and added, \u201cWe are especially interested in what life was like aboard the Arizona prior to December 7, 1941.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a short-term period Osborne\u2019s diary will be available for use by researchers. In the future, the diary will become part of a \u201cchanging exhibit\u201d at the museum for all visitors to see, and later as part of an on-line exhibit linked to the museum website.<\/p>\n

Pawlowski explained that it is extremely important for families who have this type of material to consider donating it, \u201cSo we don\u2019t lose the history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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