Adm. William Furlong was a U.S. Navy rear admiral during World War II and served as Chief of Naval Ordnance from 1937 to 1941. He was tasked with overseeing recovery operations at Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack, salvaging and/or repairing the damaged ships.

Volunteers with Operation 85 have obtained 1,400 DNA samples from potential relatives of the Arizona to help identify crew members.

Sunday marked the 84th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing — a shocking attack that killed 24-hundred Americans, including more than 11,000 aboard the USS Arizona.

There has been movement on an effort to identify the remains of USS Arizona crew members who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The 84th annual Pearl

Operation 85, a family advocacy group, has worked tirelessly the past two years to obtain the DNA of 643 descendents of those onboard the USS Arizona.

Sunday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, marking nearly 85 years since the USS Arizona was sunk, on a day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would “live in infamy.” And, it turns out, the ship has been leaking oil since that time.

A Green Valley retiree is among those who submitted DNA samples that could soon be used to help identify USS Arizona servicemen buried as unknowns.