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Full Name: Wells D. Rasmussen
Spouse: Eileen Cluff
Children: Larry, Blake, Lynn
Branch of Service: U.S. Army – Infantry
Time Served: 1941- 1945
Training: Hawaii Stationed Hickam Field next to Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base
Awards or Medals: American Defense Service with 1 Bronze Star
Battles: After Pearl Harbor was sent to Central Pacific & New Guinea
Deceased: Yes
Where Living When Entered Service: Duchesne, Utah
Drafted or Volunteer: Voluntarily Joined
Machine Gunner
Was early at Pearl Harbor when Japanese attack, and can remember still in barracks when they hit, he can remember watching the planes coming to the island.
2nd Wave: Japanese attack struck Hickam at 8:40 a.m. by 9:45 the attack was over. Nearly ½ the planes at Hickam Field had been destroyed or severely damaged.
Entered military at Fort Douglas when he was 17 years of age and lied about his age to get in.
Spouse: Eileen Cluff
Children: Larry, Blake, Lynn
Branch of Service: U.S. Army – Infantry
Time Served: 1941- 1945
Training: Hawaii Stationed Hickam Field next to Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base
Awards or Medals: American Defense Service with 1 Bronze Star
Battles: After Pearl Harbor was sent to Central Pacific & New Guinea
Deceased: Yes
Where Living When Entered Service: Duchesne, Utah
Drafted or Volunteer: Voluntarily Joined
Machine Gunner
Was early at Pearl Harbor when Japanese attack, and can remember still in barracks when they hit, he can remember watching the planes coming to the island.
2nd Wave: Japanese attack struck Hickam at 8:40 a.m. by 9:45 the attack was over. Nearly ½ the planes at Hickam Field had been destroyed or severely damaged.
Entered military at Fort Douglas when he was 17 years of age and lied about his age to get in.