Minnesota History Center Hosts Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony

Dr. Hiroya Sugano, the caretaker of the tradition, along with a member of the Japanese military and a member of the U.S. Air Force poured “bourbon whiskey from a World War II-era canteen into the hallowed waters below”. Now, at 90 years old, he was among a handful of WWII veterans honored at a ceremony in west suburban Berwyn. “But it is something that we have to remember”, he said.

Fellow survivor Jim Downing of Colorado Springs, Colorado, said he returns to Hawaii for the anniversary commemorations to be with his shipmates.

“I mean everyone knows what Pearl Harbor is, but don’t understand the impact that it had and the lives it touched 75 years ago and still does to this day”, Schulzrinne said.

“You can not imagine how moving it is to be standing on the deck of the USS Arizona Memorial”, he said. He remembers noticing with his shipmates that a mysterious submarine was lurking off the harbor.

Nepa said, “We are now in the early stages of trying to get donations because it will cost us money, to bring the sale from Washington State here to Corpus Christi Texas”.

“It’s just fantastic that these people come out and honor that and to think how many lives was affected not just 3,000 but every family”, Brantley said. The USS Tennessee, Bb-43, is inboard of the suken battle ship.

As we remember and honor those who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor, let us also take a moment to thank those who now serve in our Armed Forces.

Eleven US ships and 188 planes were destroyed.

The Student Union Memorial Center, Special Collections Library and the USS Arizona Mall Memorial serve as constant reminders of the sacrifices made on December 7, 1941.

“I can’t sleep at night”, he said. “I’m really thankful that people do remember that people like us helped do that (for) our country”. Just over 11,000 of those veterans still living are in Minnesota.

“We saw a bonfire, and we all commented, ‘I wonder why the Japanese are burning leaves – it was December”, she said.

At 9:55 a.m., wreaths were tossed off the ship into San Diego Bay to honor veterans and the more than 2,300 servicemen who died that day in 1941.