In an AP interview from 2020, Upton recounted that the first torpedo struck the Utah just as he was about to start shaving.
According to him, nobody on board the battleship was aware of what was causing the ship to begin to tremble before the second torpedo struck and the ship capsized.
According to the AP, Upton was 22 years old when the incident occurred. on get away from the nearby aircraft, he swam ashore on Ford Island and dove into a ditch.
After waiting for almost half an hour, a truck came by and came to his aid. He told the AP that he was more angry by.
The number of shipmates he had lost over the years than he was about what had transpired that day. Only Upton and two other Utah crew members were alive in 2020.
