Last year about 30 survivors and some 100 other veterans of the war made the pilgrimage to the annual event. But the U.S. Navy and the National Park Service anticipate only one or two survivors will likely attend in person this year. Another 20 to 30 veterans of World War II are also expected to be there.Conter won’t be among them. He attended for many years, most recently in 2019. But his doctor has told him the five-hour flight, plus hours of waiting at airports, is too strenuous for him now.
He joined other survivors in tending to the injured, many of whom were blinded and badly burned. The sailors only abandoned ship when their senior surviving officer was sure they had rescued all those still alive. It will be held at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial visitors center which overlooks the water and the white structure built to honor those killed on the Arizona.
Speechless.
Never Forget.
Japan is still not punished enough for this attack
Michael Crichton's MICRO shows Kamikaze attacks on humans continue from satellites as Japanese government is powerless.
It’s time for the US and NATO to take action against Russia. We don’t have an endless supply of money. We can end this in a matter of days.
My grandfather was in the Philippines during these attacks: 'Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.'
True American Hero! No safe space like the youth of today need.
We're on the verge of another war across Europe, have we never learned from the past 2 world wars ? We're supposed to learn from mistakes, repeating them is the sign of madness.
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