(The Center Square) – Two Texas heroes were buried more than 80 years after they were killed in action on two of the most consequential dates in World War II: Pearl Harbor and D-Day.
The remains of U.S. Navy Storekeeper 3rd Class Robert Stillman Garcia, 23, of Conception, Texas, were laid to rest Tuesday at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery in Corpus Christi.
Garcia was assigned to the battleship USS California, moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when it was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, by Japanese aircraft. The unprovoked attack killed more than 2,400 military personnel and civilians, destroyed or damaged nearly 20 U.S. Navy vessels, including eight battleships, and destroyed more than 300 airplanes. The attack launched the United States into World War II…