More than 2,000 people are gathering at Pearl Harbor on Friday to mark the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II. Ceremonies get under way
Friday's moment of silence was part of the commemoration that drew some 2,000 people to Pearl Harbor – and many more to events around the country – to mark the anniversary of the surprise attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United
The USS Michael Murphy, a recently christened ship named after a Pearl Harbor-based Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan, sounded its ship's whistle Friday to start a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., marking the exact time the bombing began in 1941.
On Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, I was working as a reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. After a week of war, I wrote a story directed at Hawaii's women; I thought it would be useful for them to
World War II veteran Jimmy Nestor says a few words alongside U.S. Marine Corps League of Stamford Commandant Pat Battinelli during the Pearl Harbor Remembered at the Springdale monument on Hope Street in Stamford on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.
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