Remembering the ‘profound effect’ of Pearl Harbor

It’s a day Paredes would rather not remember, but he takes the time to honor the friends he lost during that historic day 74 years ago.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy has directing US and state flags in CT to remain at half-staff on Monday, Dec. 7, in recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On a day-to-day basis, that means talking to his pictures, which are displayed near her bed.

The Dec. 7 attack was a major surprise for Americans and there was a great deal of fear-something some veterans say isn’t too far off from how things are today. “He would have been here”.

Two survivors of the Japanese attack and some other USA veterans, including Frank Levingston, 110, reportedly the oldest US living World War II veteran, attended the ceremony.

It’s a day our nation honors the fallen heroes of the Pearl Harbor attack and the survivors who carry the stories from the battlefield.

Of more than 16 million USA service members who fought in the war, fewer than 900,000 are still alive, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. “I’m overwhelmed and excited to see this”, the veteran said.

“The soldiers that went over there and some of them gave their lives”, says Reverend Clark.

More than 2,000 U.S. servicemen were killed in the attack and more than 1,000 were wounded.

Harris quoted the “sage advice” in the motto of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association: “Keep America alert” because “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”.

News4’s Tom Sherwood talked to a veteran at a Pearl Harbor ceremony who called on Americans to stop being divided by religion.

Close to 100 people gathered in Oklahoma City near NW 13 Street and Broadway around an anchor from the USS Oklahoma to remember the “day which will live in infamy”, 74 years later.

The ceremony featured a solemn playing of taps and a wreath-laying.

“I looked in the other direction and the Japanese were coming down with dive-bombers and torpedo-bombers”, said Bittner.

It was an emotional moment that brought Pearl Harbor survivors on a stage in front of hundreds of service men and women eager to pass on our rich history. More than 2,400 troops were killed; more than a thousand injured.