The ship was struck by two armor-piercing bombs but was later repaired and became the first damaged ship at Pearl Harbor to return to duty and serve during World War II. He said he was 16 when he heard on the radio that the Japanese had attacked the Hawaiian port.
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“The soldiers that went over there and some of them gave their lives”, says Reverend Clark.
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”.
“I pulled one man out of the water off the West Virginia”.
‘I was nine-years-old time, ‘ says Walter Schoenke, Pearl Harbor Survivor.
Monday members of the the Veterans of Foreign Wars gathered on the Veteran’s Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge in memory more than 2,400 people who died in the attack. Gen. John “Bill” Libby.
Robinson is one of several World War II veterans who will be honored Monday night during the National Football League game between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys, designated a “Salute to Service” game.
The Hoga joins the USS Razorback submarine which was present in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, the day of the official Japanese surrender.
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Pearl Harbor survivors tossed a wreath over the USS Midway at exactly 7:55 Hawaii time, that’s when the attacks began. “And the next thing I knew, they were blowing up Ford island, Hickam Field and blowing everything up”.
“On Dec. 7, we woke up to people running up and down the hallways”. ‘President Roosevelt declared war on Japan the day after Pearl Harbor. “We’ve remained vigilant. And today’s armed forces are ready to answer the alarm bell”, said Harris.
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“On the day of the attack, I was on the top side of the ship and I was looking over the top side of the ship”, said Bittner. “‘So help us God'”.
