Pearl Harbor

2022 - 12 - 7

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Hawaii remembrance to draw handful of Pearl Harbor survivors ... (Metro Philadelphia)

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, ...

Lee joined the Hawaii Territorial Guard the next day, and later the U.S. Many were covered in the thick, heavy oil that coated the harbor. Robert John Lee recalls being a 20-year-old civilian living at his parent’s home on the naval base where his father ran the water pumping station. About 2,400 servicemen were killed in the bombing, which launched the U.S. The USS Arizona alone lost 1,177 sailors and Marines, nearly half the death toll. Part of the decline reflects the dwindling number of survivors as they age.

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Babies and bombs: A nurse's Pearl Harbor experience (WFMZ Allentown)

EXETER TWP., Pa. — Eighty-one years ago, Winifred Woll's mother, Teresa Stauffer Foster of Lancaster County, was a U.S. Army Corps nurse stationed in Hawaii ...

Then, she was presented with a plaque by the general as her grandson looked on. The lights were turned off," she said. "The nurses were using flashlights. That is where she was taking care of two babies who were born that day amid the unthinkable. For Foster, that was the Tripler Army Medical Center, where she would work in the obstetrics ward. In her free time, Foster always had a camera in hand, Woll said.

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Governor Newsom Proclaims Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ... (Office of Governor Gavin Newsom)

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring December 7, 2022, as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The text of the proclamation and ...

Each year, we are reminded of these immense sacrifices and all that we owe our service members who fight to defend the freedoms we cherish. This attack led President Roosevelt to call on Congress to declare an act of war the next day, stating December 7, 1941 would be a “date which will live in infamy.” As we mourn the lives of those we lost that fateful day, we remember those who defended Pearl Harbor – and all the courageous individuals who signed up to serve our country in battlefields across the globe.

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Pearl Harbor remembrance draws handful of survivors to Hawaii (Q13 FOX (Seattle))

The youngest active-duty military personnel on Dec. 7, 1941, would have been about 17, making them 98 today. Many of those still alive are at least 100.

Lee joined the Hawaii Territorial Guard the next day, and later the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t have statistics for how many Pearl Harbor survivors are still living. He worked for Pan American World Airways for 30 years after the war. Left to right are the USS West Virginia, the USS Tennessee and the USS Arizona. Many were covered in the thick, heavy oil that coated the harbor. Robert John Lee recalls being a 20-year-old civilian living at his parent's home on the naval base where his father ran the water pumping station. About 2,400 servicemen were killed in the bombing, which launched the U.S. The USS Arizona alone lost 1,177 sailors and Marines, nearly half the death toll. The first explosions before 8 a.m. Schab stayed in the Navy during the war. Part of the decline reflects the dwindling number of survivors as they age. I come back out of respect for them," he said.

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