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CPT Emmit Monroe Price
20 Apr 1918 – 6 Feb 2007
| Birth | 20 Apr 1918 |
| Death | 6 Feb 2007 |
| Cemetery | Laurel Oaks Memorial Park Mesquite , Dallas County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Elizabeth Reed on 11 Feb 2007 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17876054 |
Bio
As a Pearl Harbor survivor he talked about his war experiences throughout his life. On Dec. 7, 1941, he was leaving an Army mess hall near Pearl Harbor when he heard a bomb explode and air-raid sirens sounding. The Japanese planes were flying so low that Mr. Price could see one pilot form a bull's-eye with his index finger and thumb, indicating he had hit his target. After the attack he served in Germany and helped liberate several concentration camps and received a Bronze Star. Emmit had just finished breakfast and was leaving an Army mess hall near Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Hearing a bomb explode and air-raid sirens sounding, he ran across a field with other soldiers to a weapons building, where a supply sergeant said he couldn't release materiel without an order. Mr. Price and his colleagues persuaded him otherwise, pointing out that the U.S. had just been thrust into war. The enemy planes were flying low enough that Mr. Price could see one pilot form a bull's-eye with his index finger and thumb, indicating he had hit his target, barracks that had just been strafed. It's a story he would tell for the rest of his life, which included a 20-year career in the Army. He was a very strong person, but yet he had such a sense of humor, especially after he retired from the Army. He was a tenderhearted man, yet he had that strength about him. Born one of 10 children. He grew up on a cotton farm and joined the Army in 1938, when he was 20. Between his service in the Pacific and Europe, he met his wife-to-be, Earlean Searcy, while on leave. They married June 4, 1944. He left the Army briefly after the war, but he re-enlisted and served during the Korean War and in peacetime. He retired in February 1960 and moved to Mesquite. In the mid-1960s, he helped form the ROTC program at Mesquite High School, where he worked for several years. He also served in the Army Reserve for 10 years and became a captain. He was a member of Edgemont Park Baptist Church. Mr. Price died of complications from a stroke at Buckner Retirement Village at age 88.
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