Frank Tremaine, UPI reporter who covered Pearl Harbor dies
wazzzy
Frank Tremaine, a longtime newsman with United Press International,
died on the 65th anniversary of the day he broke the news of the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
He was 92.
Tremaine was United Press's Pacific bureau manager based in
Honolulu when the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base on Dec. 7,
1941. The news flash he filed was the first word on the attack sent
outside Hawaii, and he and his wife, Katherine, gave the first
eyewitness accounts by telephone.
The Tremaines had a house in Honolulu with a panoramic view that
included Pearl Harbor, and they were awakened by the first bomb
explosions at the base.
His death, on Dec. 7, 2006, in Savannah, Ga., was only reported
Friday. Tremaine said he wanted to be cremated with no funeral or
memorial service.
Tremaine first worked for UP as a campus correspondent at
Stanford University and joined the staff after his graduation in 1936.
He retired in 1980 as a senior vice president.
UP and the International News Service merged in 1958 to form UPI.
In retirement, Tremaine and his wife divided their time between
Savannah and Christmas Harbor, Me. He taught journalism and was an
active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and Meals on Wheels.
Tremaine is survived by his wife and two children.
danny burstein
>http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20061222-060754-3077r.htm
>Frank Tremaine, a longtime newsman with United Press International,
>died on the 65th anniversary of the day he broke the news of the attack
>on Pearl Harbor.
dammit. The Roosevelt coverup gets another.
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