The air strikes killing more than 2,000 Americans would be the catalyst that launched the United States into the Second World War.
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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.
Reverend Clark did not join the Army until after Pearl Harbor. There was also a wreath laying for family members and friends of victims. “They stopped the motion picture and a military police officer came out and said everybody outside immediately”, World War II Veteran Evan Taylor said.
A merry and happy day it wasn’t in 1941 when America was attacked by the Imperial Japanese navy at the US naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. She said she often shares it with today’s young people, who seem to have hard time grasping the reality of her childhood.
A remembrance ceremony for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was held aboard the USS Iowa Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in San Pedro, CA. It’s a small ceremony that helps this group of strong men remember that day, their military life after and most importantly how they managed to stay strong.
Pearl Harbor survivors tossed a wreath over the USS Midway at exactly 7:55 Hawaii time, that’s when the attacks began.
‘I was aboard a USA destroyer, we were in Pearl Harbor, ‘ says Elmer Luckett, Pearl Harbor Survivor.
“Every two or three days I think of something that happened to me or something to my buddies”, Sanders said. “In 1916, when the ship was built, it was one of the most advanced in the world”, said Joe Horvath, Pennsylvania Military Museum educator.
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“We’re trying to pay homage to those heroes the 2,400 that we lost that day, ‘ said Senior Master Sergeant David Evans”. “You have to remember a lot of these veterans went out and they returned but they really didn’t know if they were going to return and that’s quite a sacrifice that they have given us”.
