A fact from Alan Shapley appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 January 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Major Alan Shapley, survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, had been relieved of duty on the Arizona the previous day, but had stayed aboard overnight before reporting to his next duty station?
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He was a major on Dec 7, 1941 and you claim there was no Marine higher rank than that in the whole Pacific at the time? I find that hard to believe. Maybe at Pearl Harbor, but certainly not the whole Pacific.Rlevse 15:53, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Now it says he was the senior Marine onboard the Arizona, that makes much more sense. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:37, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
