MASON CITY — Today marks the 66th anniversary of Pearl Harbor — and with it comes a special connection to the Christmas Cheer Fund.
In January 1942, the Cheer Fund received a donation from Rolan Howard, formerly of Mason City. He was killed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, just a week after he mailed his donation.

Howard was a gunner’s mate on the U.S.S. Arizona, which was destroyed in the Japanese sneak attack that propelled the United States into World War II. He was one of 1,177 Arizona crewmen killed. Only 334 survived.

His $1 contribution was meant for the 1941 Cheer Fund but didn’t reach its destination until late January 1942. When it did it was marked, “The addressee died in the service of his country.”

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