Sandall says it’s important to remember this attack and World War II so we don’t repeat history.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – A few dozen elderly men who survived the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor 74 years ago gathered Monday at the site to remember fellow servicemen who didn’t make it. Some of his photos are still considered some of the most iconic of Pearl Harbor. By 9:55 a.m., the surprise assault by 353 Japanese bombers was over.
There was a moment of silence along with a reading of the names of those killed on the U.S.S. Arizona battleship from Kansas.
The attack on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,400 Americans. He was a 19-year-old in the Army in the hospital in Pearl Harbor on that fateful day in 1941.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war the next day, which it did with just one dissenting vote.
Following those words, Congress passed a resolution declaring war on Japan. Only 4 Iowans who survived that day are still alive. There was also a wreath laying for family members and friends of victims.
Taps played as the wreath floated out into the cold waters, and the rain began to fall again.
WSLS10 spoke to a 98-year-old Pearl Harbor veteran who lives in Roanoke and said his ship exploded from underneath him.
COURTNEY SACCO/CALLER-TIMES The Lexington Museum on the Bay bell is rung during a remembrance ceremony on the 74th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Monday. “So, we’re very, very proud of him”, his granddaughter-in-law said. “When the first bomb went off, I thought he had crashed”, Russell said. “So do all the veterans. That the sacrifices from that particular generation far out go anything that we’ve gone through today and we should remember that”. “That is why we are here today”.
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Even after seven decades have passed, there are still 960 people who were stationed in the Pearl Harbor missing. “When I first realized these planes were diving, they had their canopies open”.
