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Omaha Sailor Killed At Pearl Harbor Laid To Rest

U.S. Marines prepare to fire a salute in front of the USS Arizona Memorial during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mengshin Lin
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U.S. Marines prepare to fire a salute in front of the USS Arizona Memorial during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.

An Omaha native who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor is being laid to rest. George Allen Thompson was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when he was killed on December 7th, 1941. Thompson, who is one of 356 sailors who have been successfully identified, will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.