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Pearl Harbor survivors and other military veterans observe a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec . 7, 2022 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in remembrance of those killed in the 1941 attack.

Hawaii remembrance draws handful of Pearl Harbor survivors

The youngest active-duty sailors on Dec. 7, 1941, would have been about 17, making them 98 today. Many of those still alive are at least 100.

4 months ago

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941.

Honor those killed at Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona survivor says

The U.S. Navy and the National Park Service will host a remembrance ceremony at Pearl Harbor on the 81st anniversary of the 1941 Japanese bombing.

By Haven Daley

4 months ago

Writer profiles every USS Arizona casualty at Pearl Harbor

Some of the men were seasoned sailors. Many were teenagers, including several who lied about their age at enlistment because they were too young to serve.

By Henry Brean, Arizona Daily Star

16 months ago

101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost

A split-second decision on that December morning 80 years ago changed Navy Seaman 1st Class David Russell's mind, and likely saved his life.

16 months ago

Alabama town honors brothers who died in Pearl Harbor attack

Woodrow Jones, 22, and Daniel Jones, 19, enlisted in the Navy in early 1941 and were assigned to the USS Arizona at the Pearl Harbor Navy Base in Oahu, Hawaii.

By Jasmine Hollie, The Tuscaloosa News

16 months ago

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.

2 years ago