U.S. Navy (inset), National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor.
Ashley L. Keasler / U.S. Air Force; White House photgrapher Joyce Boghosian; Alfredo Saltares / U.S. Air Force; Gwyneth Vandevender / U.S. Navy
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