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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 21 augusT 2018

Pearl Harbor survivor who pushed to identify ‘unknowns’ dies

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLE- help from the home front, stones for unknowns from
HER helped create an unprec- the USS Arizona marked
Associated Press edented era of peace, sta- with name of their battle-
HONOLULU (AP) — A Pearl bility and prosperity. Victory ship. In 2003, the military
Harbor survivor who pushed at the end of World War II agreed to dig up a casket
to identify buried unknown was Ray’s finest hour.” that Emory was convinced,
remains from the 1941 at- During the attack on Pearl after meticulously studying
tack died Monday at age Harbor, Emory managed records, included the re-
97. to fire a few rounds at the mains of multiple USS Okla-
Ray Emory lived through airplanes that dropped the homa servicemen. Emory
the early morning Japa- torpedoes. He still had an was right, and five sailors
nese aerial bombing but empty bullet casing that were identified.
never forgot those who fell to his ship deck. It helped lay the founda-
didn’t. He spent the past In 2012, the Navy and Na- tion for the Pentagon’s de-
few decades doggedly In this June 19, 2018, file photo, Pearl Harbor survivor Ray tional Park Service recog- cision more than a decade
pushing for those unknown Emory speaks to guests at a surprise ceremony honoring him in nized Emory for his work later to exhume and at-
buried remains to be dug Honolulu. Emory, who pushed for the remains of those buried as with the military and De- tempt to identify all 388 sail-
up, identified and returned unknowns to be identified, has died. partment of Veterans Af- ors and Marines from the
to their families. Associated Press fairs to honor and remem- USS Oklahoma who had
Emory died “died peace- have any family in Hawaii. that day, manning his ma- ber Pearl Harbor’s dead. been buried as unknowns
fully and without pain” in a He planned to go fishing in chine gun, taking on ene- Bureaucrats didn’t wel- in a national cemetery in
hospital in Boise, Idaho, ac- Idaho. my planes,” Rear Adm. Bri- come his efforts, at least Honolulu.
cording to his family, said Before moving, he visited an Fort, commander, Navy not initially. Emory says they Since those 2015 exhuma-
Billy Doughty, deputy direc- Pearl Harbor one last time Region Hawaii and Naval politely told him to “’go tions, 138 sailors from the
tor of public affairs for Navy in June. More than 500 sail- Surface Group Middle Pa- you-know-where.’” It didn’t USS Oklahoma have been
Region Hawaii. ors stood side-by-side on cific, said at the ceremony deter him. identified. About 77 have
He recently moved to Boise ships and piers to surprise honoring Emory. “He con- First, thanks to legislation been reburied, many in
to live with his son. He left him. They greeted him with tinued to fight on through- sponsored by the late U.S. their hometowns, bringing
Hawaii because his wife salutes and cheers. out the War in the Pacific. Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii, closure to families across
had died and he didn’t “Chief Emory fought back He and his buddies, with he managed to get grave- the country.q

Police: 1 dead after woman opens fire at Texas warehouse

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (AP) outside the warehouse af- who died was identified as
— A female employee ter the shooting and was Francisco Reyes. The other
opened fire at a Houston- confronted by a respond- wounded worker was listed
area food distribution cen- ing officer. in stable condition at a hos-
ter early Monday, killing a “We actually had an officer pital.
company manager and that engaged the shooter,” Berezin said earlier during
wounding another worker, he said. “Whether or not a brief news conference
police said. the shooter actually was hit that the attack happened
The shooter, identified by by one of our officer’s bul- during the overnight shift,
police as Kristine Peralez, lets or if it was self-inflicted, when fewer workers were
38, was also killed in the we’re not totally sure at this on duty. Officers were con-
attack, which happened point.” ducting interviews with the
around 2:30 a.m. at the Peralez was pronounced 20 to 25 people working in
Ben E. Keith facility in Mis- dead at a hospital. She the area at the time, he
souri City, about 15 miles had worked for the com- said.
(25 kilometers) southwest of pany for about two years, Several workers had spo-
Authorities investigate the scene after a deadly shooting at Ben Houston. according to police Capt. ken with the shooter before
E. Keith distribution center Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Missouri
City, Texas. Police Chief Mike Berezin Paul Poulton. the gunfire began, Berezin
Associated Press said the woman walked The overnight manager said.q