MS SC555

Honors Petty Officer First Class Jim H. Johnston, a 23-year-old sailor from Wesson, Mississippi, who died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, along with 428 other crewmen

Commemorates Johnston's burial with full military honors at Wesson Cemetery on December 7, 2016—exactly 75 years after his death—making him the only Pearl Harbor casualty buried in the United States on that anniversary

Notes that the USS Oklahoma suffered the second-highest casualties at Pearl Harbor after the USS Arizona, and that Johnston was the first war casualty from Wesson

Acknowledges the community tribute including Wesson Attendance Center students standing at attention, a rifle salute, taps, and a flyover, with the American flag presented to his nephew Frank Springs

Extends condolences from the Mississippi Legislature to Johnston's surviving family and directs the resolution be sent to the Secretary of the Navy