A look into the past: Plane crashed into home at Pearl Harbor

Governor Malloy said, “This year marks exactly 75 years since the devastating attack, which took the lives of over 2,400 members of the military and civilians, in addition to the thousands who were wounded”.

Reached later, Pacific Command spokesman Robert Shuford said Harris’ comments “speak for themselves”.

F-22 fighter jets flying in formation overhead broke the silence afterward.

“It was really a great gig for a lot of these guys, because they were musicians already and remember, 1940, 1941, it’s still is kind of the last of the Depression, America’s not at war”, she continues. He was a Radioman Apprentice who was on deck when the first planes attacked Pearl Harbor.

“I remember it vividly”, said Mendoza.

Stratton says he’s lucky to be alive, “We proceeded to go hand over hand across to the vessel but, 70-80 feet”.

“It’s something we’ve lost”, he said. Smith was also 19 during the 1941 attack, stationed on the USS Tennessee.

After a very busy day on Monday, World War II veteran Robert Coles made a decision to relax a little bit Tuesday morning, but still planned to attend a big gala event later that evening. He remembers noticing with his shipmates that a mysterious submarine was lurking off the harbor.

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, Jim Downing, 103, poses in a Navy uniform in Honolulu, with a photo of himself taken when he was about 20 years old. He told his wife not to wake him because he hadn’t gotten any rest during the busy night. I was on an attack transport.

YOSHIOKA: Today, more than 5,000 visitors are ferried each day to the Arizona Memorial.

Abe, the first Japanese leader to make an official visit to the site of the Japanese attack that launched the United States’ involvement in World War II, announced on Monday that he will be traveling to Hawaii to have a summit meeting with President Barack Obama from December 26-27.

“The veterans are appreciative with how the war ended and pay tribute to the men and woman who lost their lives”, Schroeder said.

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