On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, killing 2,400 Americans and injuring an additional 1,200. Victims and survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack are being honored Saturday. Ceremonies are ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “a date that will live in infamy,” when more than 3,400 people were killed or injured after Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific ...
“They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side ...” — Adm. Chester W. Nimitz Dec. 7, 1941, began as a typical Sunday morning, as sailors on the USS ...
Nurse Alice Beck Darrow, a former longtime Lake County resident, met the Navy sailor who would become her husband when he came in for surgery to remove a Japanese-fired bullet lodged in the wall ...
Pearl Harbor Survivor Earl “Chuck” Kohler, 100-years-old, was a 17-year-old Seaman 1st Class when he charged across Ford Island base in the center of Pearl Harbor the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, with ...
LODI, Calif. >> Questions about that day come year-round but nothing like November and December. The answers have grown into stories, now briefer than before but still mostly complete. Details ...
Dec. 8—Pearl Harbor Day lives in the minds and hearts of those who have served in the armed forces, and those who know that day in American history. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacked the ...
Wisconsin veterans and families observed Pearl Harbor Day on Saturday. The attack 83 years ago killed or injured more than 3,500 troops. Saturday's observance was held at the Milwaukee County War ...
In honor of those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor, the community gathered together for a wreath laying ceremony Saturday at the Lake Wichita Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The date of Dec. 7 has been ...
O’FALLON, Mo. — Communities across the nation honored the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, reflecting on the event that changed the course of history. In O’Fallon, Missouri, ...
U.S. Navy Storekeeper 3rd Class Robert Stillman Garcia's remains return home to Texas after 84 years listed as missing in ...