Hal Jake Allison died on December 7, 1941 when the battleship USS Oklahoma was bombed during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. His remains will be returned to Paducah for burial on April 8th after over 80 years of being unaccounted for and classified as missing in action. For a more detailed report of his life and the process of identification, please refer to the Louisville Courier-Journal article by Berry Craig online at https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2022/04/06/hal-jake-allison-pearl-harbor-marines-remains-identified-return-paducah/7267575001/?fbclid=IwAR3klFzlCAvSLsG1Jq09xJzW5AEMiDbxEizPbrYDSSBB4JEf_jtiNqATJKY

The Zoom presentation delivered by Scott Williams to the Jackson Purchase Historical Society at the Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee on January 22, 2022 is now available on our website at https://jacksonpurchasehistoricalsociety.org/videos/. The presentation was on his book, The Accidental Fame and Lack of Fortune of West Tennessee’s David Crockett.