Pearl Harbor dead remembered in ceremony shrunk by pandemic
The U.S. military streamed the ceremony live online for survivors and others unable to attend in person.
The U.S. military streamed the ceremony live online for survivors and others unable to attend in person.
The health risks to the aging survivors of the attack and other World War II veterans mean none of them will gather at Pearl Harbor this year.
Kai Kahele, a Hawaii state senator and Air Guard member, defeated a former Air Force intelligence analyst for Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's vacated House seat.
The drills will be held over two weeks, from Aug. 17-31, instead of the usual five weeks of events from late June to early August.
The ceremony comes on the heels of two deadly shootings at Navy bases this week, one at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and another at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.
This weekend, divers will place Bruner’s ashes inside the battleship’s wreckage, which sits in Pearl Harbor where it sank during the attack 78 years ago that thrust the United States into World War II.
Aloha, Kai Kahele.
About 7 percent of the funds for the $3.6 billion wall are being diverted from eight projects in the U.S. territory, a key spot in the U.S. military’s efforts to deter North Korea and counter China’s growing military.
But this time Navy sonar likely played no role in their deaths.
The U.S. military has brought back the remains of more than 20 servicemen killed in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.