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with the ground crew of a B-24
Liberator nicknamed the
"Wicked Wench," flying bomb-
ing runs out of the New
Hebrides, "down under." The
"Wicked Wench" was shot
down on a mission over the
Japanese naval base at Rabaul in
the South Pacific with the loss
of the entire flight crew.
. "We were like family," Stern
remembers.
He returned stateside in 1943,
and was discharged in July
1944. He followed his father to
the Detroit area and now lives
in West Bloomfield.

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Hero In Pajamas

Solomon Isquith, the son of
Russian Jewish immigrants to
Larry Stern's memorabilia includes documents
New York, graduated from the
and photographs.
U.S. Naval Academy in 1920.
At the time of the Pearl Harbor
attack, Isquith was a lieutenant corn-
mander and the engineering officer
Feelings Of Patriotism
aboard the 1909 battleship USS Utah,
Iry Marshall, who now lives in
now used as a training vessel.
Farmington Hills, was motivated to
Isquith had been playing cards at
serve. He was just 15 when the
the Hawaiian Bridge Center the night
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. But he
before, but returned to the ship as the
remembers the strong emotions he
senior officer aboard.
felt, even at that young age.
When the attack began, the Utah
"I'd spent the day at the movies with
was one of the first ships hit, taking
friends," he recalls. "It was early evening
two torpedoes within five minutes.
when we came out of the theatre, the
She began listing so rapidly that
Astor
at 12th Street and Pingree."
Isquith, pulling his khakis on over his
There were "extras" on the street,
pajamas, ordered "All hands on deck
late newspapers telling the story of the
and abandon ship over starboard side."
Pearl Harbor attack. The result,
Her crew made their escape, some
Marshall recalls, was an explosion of
coming out through ports in the cap-
patriotism.
tain's cabin, as Japanese aircraft
"I wanted to go right then," he says,
returned to strafe the ship and men in
"but
I had to wait a couple of years.
the water who were swimming for the
My dad signed for me when I was
nearby shore.
17 72."
In 12 short minutes, the Utah rolled
Marshall saw combat in the
over and was keel up, a total loss.
Philippines and New Guinea. In
Moments after the Utah sank,
Isquith heard a faint pounding coming August 1945, he was on a troop carri-
er 500 miles off the coast of Honshu
from the hull of the overturned ship.
making ready for an amphibious
Amid flying bullets from the Japanese
Zeros and with torches borrowed from assault on Japan when word came of
the atomic bomb being dropped on
the light cruiser USS Raleigh, Isquith
Hiroshima.
and three enlisted volunteers cut
Following the Japanese surrender,
through the steel and rescued 10 men.
Marshall spent a year in occupied
Thirty officers and 431 men sur-
vived the sinking of the Utah. Six offi- Japan, and was once in an honor
guard for General Douglas
cers and 52 sailors perished as a result
MacArthur.
of strafing attacks while the crew were
"Since what happened in New York
swimming for shore or were trapped
on Sept. 11, I've seen expressions of
in their rapidly capsizing ship.
patriotism and respect for the flag that
Only four of those who perished
I hadn't seen in 60 years," says
were ever recovered and identified.
Marshall, a past state commander of
For his heroism, Isquith received the
the Jewish War Veterans of the USA,
Navy Cross. He was one of the most
Department of Michigan.
highly decorated Jews at Pearl Harbor.

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