Interview with William S. Chambers: clip: Serving on cargo ship SS Steel Worker on December 7, 1941, en route to Hawaii; captain received sealed orders in Panama; arrived in Honolulu December 15; not allowed to see damage from the attack; left for San Francisco in his first convoy; shelled by a Japanese submarine in Kahului Harbor on Dec.31, shortly before they left.

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William S. Chambers - Interview with William S. Chambers: clip: Serving on cargo ship SS Steel Worker on December 7, 1941, en route to Hawaii; captain received sealed orders in Panama; arrived in Honolulu December 15; not allowed to see damage from the attack; left for San Francisco in his first convoy; shelled by a Japanese submarine in Kahului Harbor on Dec.31, shortly before they left.
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