Gov. Dan Malloy has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to remember the military and civilian victims of the Pearl harbor attack.
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Edward T. McDonnell, Deputy Freeholder Director for Camden County said, “I see a comparison to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor in the sense that it was not expected, we were not at war, it was a sneak attack so to speak”.
The theme of this year’s historic commemoration is “Pathway to Reconciliation: From Engagement to Peace”, focusing on the rebuilding and solidifying the friendship between the USA and Japan. A fellow sailor said to him “What’s the red ball in the wing, Bob?”
He comes to the annual ceremony because the attack was a big thing in his life.
The 100-year-old Army veteran now lives in Augusta, at Georgia War Veterans Nursing home.
“When you look out from Kilo Pier across the way, less than a quarter-mile away, you’re looking at the USS Arizona Memorial and the Battleship Missouri, so it’s a wonderful venue”, Martinez said. It remains a gravesite for many of those killed.
The Navy destroyer USS Preble was scheduled to sound its whistle to start a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the attack began 74 years ago.
He says he saw Japanese planes flying overhead. Fighter jets flew overhead on schedule, but the master of ceremonies was still speaking.
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Beaudreau said he does not understand the war that’s going on now, but he’s sure the nation will survive. Tauyan characterized the problem with the moment of silence as a “small glitch”. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans and sank or beached 12 ships, according to The Library of Congress.
