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Joseph Langdell Died : 4 / 2 / 2015

Lieutenant Commander Joseph Langdell USN (deceased) Joseph Kopcho Langdell was born October 12th 1914 in Wilton, New Hampshire. He graduated from Boston University in 1938 with a degree in business administration and worked as an accountant until he decided to enlist in the Navy. He attended an officers' training program in Chicago where Langdell's math skills landed him an assignment working with Navy photographers on a way to better measure the accuracy of a ship's guns. He trained for the job on Ford Island, a small patch of land in Pearl Harbor. Langdell was not aboard the ship the morning of the attack. Because of a temporary assignment, he was sleeping in a barracks about 100 yards from the ship in Honolulu. He was awakened by the Japanese attack and from his bed he heard the sound of the Japanese dive bombers as they approached and strafed the battleships lined up in the harbor. 'If I had been aboard, I would have been killed in that No. 2 turret. That was the one that blew up.'. Langdell helped injured sailors and Marines find medical care in a hospital on the island. In the days that followed, he helped recover the bodies of some of his fallen shipmates. Langdell continued to serve in the Navy through World War II. He died on 4th February 2015 and at the age of 100, the oldest living survivor of the Arizona.

Items Signed by Lieutenant Commander Joseph Langdell USN (deceased)

	The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00	Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and t......
	The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £325.00	Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and t......
	The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. (RM) SOLD OUT	Dawn had broken to reveal another glorious day in paradise, and on board the USS Arizona and the repair ship USS Vestal alongside, the crew were taking it easy. All next week they would be hard at work preparing for sea, but today was Sunday, and t......	NOT AVAILABLE

Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Lieutenant Commander Joseph Langdell USN (deceased)

	US Fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £120	Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. The Raid on Pearl Harbor, 7th December 1941 by Ivan Berryman
	Pearl Harbor Naval Prints by Anthony Saunders and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £250.00 Saving : £120	Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Calm Before the Storm by Robert Taylor. Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders