When Julio DeCastro, a civilian worker at Pearl Harbor’s naval yard, reached the capsized U.S.S. Oklahoma on the infamous morning of December 7, 1941, he heard the sound of frenetic tapping of sailors trapped within the hull. Hours earlier, during a surprise assault on the Honolulu military base, Japanese forces had bombarded the American battleship with torpedoes, sending it rolling onto its side with more than 450 men still below deck.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine - Metered Site

VIDEO: An expanded partnership between the Columbus Fire & EMS Department and the Muscogee County School District helps the city recruit firefighters and provides job opportunities for aspiring public servants, right out of high school. After department officials visited each MCSD high school to explain the program last spring semester, more than 25 students participated in the Saturday morning program called Combat Challenge.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ledger-Enquirer

Multiple homes were damaged after a “large garage type building” exploded in Pacific County early Tuesday morning. According to Pacific County Fire District No. 1, the explosion happened around 1:30 a.m. in the area near 305th Place and North Place in the Surfside neighborhood, which is north of Ocean Park.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

Camas-Washougal firefighters are “at a breaking point” due to mandatory overtime caused by staffing shortages, and there are no immediate solutions, according to Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart. “We are so appreciative of our staff working this mandatory overtime and changing family plans and really pulling out all the stops to keep it going, but they’re at a breaking point,” Swinhart told city councilors during a Nov.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Units from Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue were dispatched at 5:18 a.m. Friday (Dec. 3) to reports of an outbuilding on fire east of La Center at 32318 NE 64th Avenue. Initial reports stated that several explosions could be heard coming from the building. CCFR Engine 23 from the La Center station arrived nine minutes later to find a two-story building with a basement fully involved in fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clark County Today