Abilene veterans recognize 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

“We are just glad that he was brought home and I wish they could get all of them home”.

2,400 people were killed in the Pearl Harbor attack, and 1,177 of those victims were on the USS Arizona.

“My grandfather was an awesome man – and I credit him with my service”, said Lawrence, a petty officer 2nd Class in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Abe’s decision to visit Pearl Harbor came about six months after Obama visited Japan’s Hiroshima early this year.

Miami Beach Fire Chief Virgil Fernandez said the collaborative event served as a reminder to the importance of paying proper respect to the nation’s “most iconic symbol of freedom”.

“The planes came in at five minutes before 8 a.m., and it seemed like the sky was full of planes”, said Victor Paradis, another Pearl Harbor survivor. Then a newlywed sailor, he recalled a Japanese plane flying low and slow in his direction as he rushed to his battleship from his home after hearing explosions and learning of the attack on the radio.

“I still wake up at night. dreaming”, he said.

“With technology and different ways to attack, we need to remember that we are vulnerable, and lest we forget, for another surprise attack somewhere else”, Smith said. America changed too. “I remember it was the most terrible thing to happen in my lifetime”, Jim Trusler said.

The anniversary ceremony honored dozens of diverse members that have worshiped there for 40 or 50 years.

Today, we remember our fallen brothers from the Pearl Harbor attack.

James Lowe, Vice President of the society, said he hopes to inspire a new generation of people interested in that part of our history. At 7:55am local time, USS Halsey blew a whistle to begin a moment of silence for those who gave their lives that day.

“Then-prime minister Yoshida visited Honolulu in 1951 and at that time he honoured the war dead at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific”, Suga said.