97-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor honored

And with nowhere to hide, “I was afraid”, he said.

World War II veteran Marion Saucerman shares a photo after a discussion about Pearl Harbor and World War II at the Indiana State Museum on Wednesday, Dec 7. Bill found his ship, the USS West Virginia under attack, struck by six torpedoes and two bombs. The sinking of the submarine marked the first US shots fired and the country’s entry into the Pacific theater of the war.

NAS Whidbey officials thought they might get 20, but more than 50 showed up at the base Wednesday.

While veterans like Irene still have faint memories of what happened on that fateful day, the Patriotic Council in Chippewa Falls says their aim is reminding the younger generation about events like Pearl Harbor.

“I just have the utmost respect for those guys and what they went through”, Davidson said.

Names were read to remember local Pearl Harbor survivors, both past and present. Reporter Meg Jones was interested in just 21 of those victims for her story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: the 21 members of the Navy band assigned to the USS Arizona.

“The guys would say to her, please ma’am, would you, and they’d give her money and addresses and mementos they wanted her to contact their families”.

92-year-old Calvin Jones was a cook in the Marine Corp, but even more significant… he was one of the first African-American men to serve in the military.

“They don’t know World War 2 no more”.

It’s hard to believe it has been 75 years since the deadly attacks on Pearl Harbor claimed 2,403 innocent lives and wounded 1,178 others.

While we are now friends with the Japanese, we should never forget December 7, 1941, and what happened on that sacred day.

As many as 2,403 Americans were killed and about 20 United States vessels were sunk or damaged and over 300 USA aircrafts were damaged or destroyed when over 350 Japanese warplanes launched attacks stealthily, Xinhua reported.

“It was a odd time, a time you’d never dream about”, veteran Ralph Shelton said.