According to KITV news, the planned joint service will double as a preparation for a much bigger memorial service next year to mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack that took the lives of 2,400 Americans. It is docked in Camden as a museum.
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“I’ve read a lot of books about Pearl Harbor”, Cunningham said.
Japan shocked the nation with its surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, establishing in many Americans such a sense of outrage that they committed to never letting an enemy take advantage of such an opportunity again.
Gene remembered that day 74 years ago when he was about 12 years old, knowing that his older brother was in Pearl Harbor as it was being attacked.
Then the United States Fleet steamed out of Pearl Harbor. It remains a gravesite for many of those killed. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke to Congress on December 8 – a seven-minute speech that was heard by an estimated 81 percent of the USA public who had access to radios – only one US representative voted against declaring war on Japan. Having remained officially neutral after World War II first flared with Germany’s 1939 invasion of Poland, the United States declared war on Germany four days after the attack at Pearl Harbor.
Greenleaf wishes schools would teach more about World War II. The events are sponsored by the park service, the U.S. Navy and the Pacific Historic Parks.
Sixty years later, Americans endured another day of infamy on their own soil when almost 3,000 people were killed in a series of attacks on September 11, 2001.
Although he was injured by shrapnel hours later, Fabregas survived the war, was discharged in 1946 and eventually joined the influx of World War II GIs that helped create the Long Island suburb by moving to his current Massapequa Park home in 1955.
The Young Marines will carry banners representing the 12 primary ships that were attacked in the raid.
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“They never had a chance to fight for their country”, said Murray. He was also involved in local and national associations for Pearl Harbor survivors until they dissolved. Out of these casualties were the 21 members of the Arizona’s band called U.S. Navy Band Unit (NBU) 22.
