Flags At Half-Staff in Remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day

Ohio Gov. John Kasich ordered all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Monday in remembrance of all those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It is docked in Camden as a museum.

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“I came out of my chair like I’d been kicked…”, the retired social studies teacher said last week at his Massapequa Park home, recalling his reaction to a radio bulletin that described the unannounced assault on Pearl Harbor.

The USS Arizona Memorial site was closed May 27 for nine days after a dock at the memorial that sits atop the sunken ship was damaged in an accident. 94-year-old Will Lehner, a Pearl Harbor survivor, spent time at the ceremony recounting that horrific day and his time in the Navy.

Alexander will be honored at the USS Lexington on Monday’s anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Yes, the people who experienced Pearl Harbor are mostly gone, but the lessons remain.

There was also a wreath ceremony to honor the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Gold Star families.

The 23 Americans killed were buried alongside Japanese citizens who died in the bombing raid on Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. Full military burial honors will be rendered to Ensign Langdell by the U.S. Navy and his interment into the ship will be accomplished by the National Park Service Dive Team.

“Reacting to the surprise attack, patriots from every corner of our country answered the call to serve and banded together in common cause”.

This June 15, 2015 photo provided by the University of Hawaii Marine Option program shows the wreck of a seaplane downed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

In a 2001 interview, Bowers, a deckhand, described watching torpedoes hit the Oklahoma, Arizona, California and West Virginia.

“They would be teaching me about it”, said the history instructor. A gunner’s mate 1st class, he had trained throughout 1941 as an anti-aircraft gunner aboard ship during task force groups in the Hawaiian operating area.