U.S.S. Arizona casualty, James Mattox, posthumous Presidential Citation
reads: In grateful memory of James Durant Mattox who died in the service of his country at Pearl Harbor (illegible initials) attached U.S.S. Arizona, 7 December 1941 He stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live, and grow, and increase its blessings. Freedom lives, and through it, he lives - in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men. (signed) Franklin D Roosevelt President of the United States