Lt. Cdr. Joseph Earle Bolt
Service: U.S. Navy - WWI, WWII
Career Navy
Enlisted WWI: 6 Dec 1917
Commissioned: 26 Mar 1919
Retired: 1 Oct 1946

Service Vessels and Stations:
USS Denebola, USS Beaver,
USS Truxton, USS Sirius
USS Chandler, USS Arctic, NSD San Diego, Navy Yards - Norfolk,
Mare Island and Puget Sound.

Burial: Willamette National Cemetery - Portland, Oregon

 
From The Diary of Joseph E. Bolt
Sunday, December 7, 1941

After eating breakfast rather late and reading newspapers and doing odd jobs, we suddenly had our morning alarmed by one of our neighbors - Mrs. Hennigan called and stated that the radio was announcing a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Honolulu.  We tuned in on H.V. Kaltenborn who seemed to be giving the first news.  Ens. H.R. Clark and I went to Mare Island Navy Yard to see if our services were needed.  We kept tuned in all day and good part of the night to get latest news - all bad.
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