Among the thousands of Monroe County families whose members served in the military during World War II, one man may have suffered the most.

Charles H. Kramb Sr.'s oldest and youngest sons – Metalsmith First Class John David Kramb, 24, and Seaman First Class James Henry Kramb, 21 – were killed at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1841, when a Japanese bomb pierced the deck of the USS Arizona and exploded in the forward ammunition magazines next to their quarters, blowing the ship apart.

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