Pearl Harbor Survivor Signs Book About USS Ward

Donald Pepin is a Pearl Harbor survivor from the USS Ward, which fired the first American shots of WWII.  A crew of 140 was aboard the destroyer USS Ward on December 7, 1941. Among them were 84 Minnesotans, including many from St. Paul. Mr. Pepin served on the ship until it sank in the Philippines on Dec. 7, 1944.  The entire crew survived.

Mr. Pepin signed the library's copy of USS Ward Fires First Shot WWII, which contains narrations of the campaigns of the USS Ward. The book includes photos of the war in the Pacific, the crew of theUSS Ward, and diagrams of the ship.  The book will soon be available for the Century community in our general collection.   It was an honor to meet Mr. Pepin and to have him here in the library.