Monday’s ceremony brought one Pearl Harbor survivor and one World War II veteran.
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“For 74 years, we’ve remembered Pearl Harbor”.
Pearl Harbor survivors tossed a wreath over the USS Midway at exactly 7:55 Hawaii time, that’s when the attacks began.
“War is pardon me, hell it’s hell”, says Reverend Clark.
The attack on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,400 Americans.
Mr Schuler, from San Jose, California, said: ‘I come back just to renew my acquaintance’.
“I woke up today and said, ‘Bert, today’s the day, ‘” said Davis, who still carries some of her husband’s remains in a locket around her neck.
“I’m just lucky to be a survivor, ya know, there’s so many of them that didn’t make it and I was one of the lucky ones” says U.S. Navy Veteran, Buck Morris.
There was a flyover by a World War II warplane, and veterans and their families were given medals as tokens of appreciation for their service or the service of their loved ones.
“For a very long time, we never knew what my dad had experienced”, said Jones Barry.
Sanders said the attacks impacted his life forever, but he said he can still remember several moments about that day. “I got up in there and I think there were probably four Marines that had been wounded and I did what I could for them”.
“I thought the ceremony was so special”, Ducey said. Sanders also helped lay a wreath, then saluted the American flag. Ensign Langdell awoke on December 7 on Ford Island, an islet military airfield within the Pearl Harbor installation. But he comes to the annual ceremony because the attack was a “big thing in my life”.
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Addressing the crowd gathered at Pearl Harbor, Admiral Harry Harris, the US top military commander in the Pacific said the day ‘must forever remain burned into the American consciousness’. Dr. Hiroya Saguno has been conducting this act of reconciliation with the National Park Service at the USS Arizona Memorial for the last 20 years.
