Wreath-laying ceremony remembers attack on airfield during Pearl Harbor raid

Shook’s ship, the USS Pheonix, was not hit during the attacks.

According to History.com, the attack “lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy almost 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes”.

“It sends a message to China about the strength of the US-Japan relationship (and is) probably also meant to send the same message to Trump”, he said.

The 75th anniversary of the attack falls Wednesday.

American defenders had managed to shoot down 29 of Japan’s planes, but the attack proved that we were more vulnerable than we had realized and were not immune from attacks in American territory.

“Those who survived Pearl Harbor also left us a warning”.

Mendoza speaks with school groups and others about the events of 75 years ago and hopes future generations continue to learn about what’s been called “the greatest generation”.

Some 1,177 officers and crewmen of the Arizona died in the attack and it lies beneath the harbor’s waters today as a lasting, powerful monument. It is the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed. “And that’s what affected him so deeply”.

“Now with technology we are able to identify some of the remains.as we are doing that the dept of defense is reaching out to family members, Lynch said”.

The move follows Barack Obama’s historic May trip to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting USA president, where he spoke of victims’ suffering but offered no apology for dropping the world’s first nuclear bomb.

Millions of Americans vividly remember the terror and fear of the moment; December 7 is a signal date for them. When she was younger, Curtis said she would ask her father how he got tattoos of the USS Arizona on one of his arms.

“Yes, there may be some who feel personally embittered”, he said.

One of Post 6060’s leaders, Dan Serik, gave brief remarks during Wednesday’s gathering, noting the sacrifice of William Clarence Jackson, for whom the post is named.

About 4,000 guests, including several dozen Pearl Harbor survivors, gathered under a canopy on Kilo Pier overlooking the harbor for the ceremony.

Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the base in 1941, killing 2,300 USA servicemen and propelling the U.S. into World War Two.