With the help of a group of local residents, U.S. Navy veteran Charles Sehe was flown out Wednesday morning to be honored for his service, while aboard the USS Nevada battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Sehe is one of the few veterans still alive today from WWII who served on the USS Nevada. And today the 92-year-old rang the actual bell that was on the battleship he served.
"You just never know how many more days that you have left, and so you seize the moment, and I'm so glad we got him out here,” says Ken Beaton of Carson City.
General William Burks adds, "He's living history and the stories he shared with the audience today were just phenomenal, I can see why he was choking up, he was choking me up to be honest with you.”
Charles Sehe was one of the youngest men to serve in WWII at the age of 17.
He witnessed many horrific things in his five years aboard the USS Nevada like the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
After coming back from war, Sehe used his GI Bill to get an education and become a biology professor for 44 years of his life. He then went on to write a book called Battle Born to chronicle is memories. And today he was honored for his service, but he says he's here for a bigger purpose.
"What I'm trying to do is bring forth the heroic deeds of the Nevada."
He hopes to keep the memory alive of those who lost their lives in World War II.
