Memorial Ceremony Marks Pearl Harbor’s 75th Anniversary

Since the attacks, Bradley County’s only living survivor of Pearl Harbor said he doesn’t get much sleep on December 7th.

The event also included a reading of names of Pearl Harbor survivors who have died in the past year.

By coincidence the 18-year-old Anderson boys from Dilworth would end up on the battleship USS Arizona.

Beaudreau said he hopes the memory of the lives lost at Pearl Harbor is never forgotten. During that time, before the surprise attack, is when Lehner says the Japanese navy sent small surveillance submarines to the harbor.

“We continued our exchanges, not just on milestone anniversaries but year after year, and it was last year when we finally heard the word “reconciliation” mentioned (by the Americans) for the first time”, said Nishiyama, the Nagaoka official. And with nowhere to hide, “I was afraid”, he said.

According to Mr. White’s presentation, more than 180 aircraft were destroyed during the attack and more than 2,300 people were killed. “And we’re going to survive”, Geraci said.

Schab, 96, who moved to Hillsboro, Oregon, in 2012, was a sailor in the band aboard the USS Dobbin when the attack erupted.

Peter J. Danielczuk emceed Wednesday’s ceremony, and thanked Kazimierz Brejwo for helping to organize the event.

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a moment of silence and remembrance ceremony.

“Well, just like people said, it’ll never be the same; about all you can say”, said Wellday. Thousands of military personnel, World War II veterans and family gathered to observe a moment of silence at the exact time the Japanese attack began.

Though he is proud of his service, he said he believes it is more appropriate to remember those who died. In 1941 he was 20 years old and serving in the Navy, where he was assigned to the USS Ward.

Mary Judnich, a representative from Senator Debbie Stabenow’s office, spoke at the memorial to tell a story of a Pearl Harbor survivor whom she had met.

On Dec. 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an address to the joint session of Congress, proclaimed Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy”. The ship was commissioned for service in World War II and now serves as a museum. After being hit by seven torpedoes, the West Virginia sunk and became one of eight battleships damaged.

“I was one of the lucky ones”, Requardt said. “I will visit Pearl Harbor with President Obama”.