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Widow of two Pearl Harbor survivors recalls their stories
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comCrena Anderson wasn’t at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. But the 88-year-old Halfway resident will be linked to that day for the rest of her life. She said her first and second husbands were stationed at Army bases in...Tags: U.S. Army, Heart Attack, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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As nation remembers Pearl Harbor attack, historian recalls local detention center
As the nation commemorates the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Friday, local history enthusiasts are focused on a little piece of history near the Crescenta Valley where thousands of individuals of Japanese Americans were held for...
Tags: FBI, Human Interest
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UPDATE: Martinsville man who survived Pearl Harbor attacks turns 94 today
WDBJ7 ReporterFriday is Pearl Harbor survivor Herbert Gibbs' 94th birthday. WDBJ7's Justin Ward is interviewing Gibbs on Friday about his Pearl Harbor memories. Below is a story from July about Gibbs. Click here for more WDBJ7 stories about Pearl Harbor...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Vietnam, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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On Twitter, we're remembering Pearl Harbor and recapping Scandal
Good morning it's December 7th and, yes, it's still a day that will live in infamy. Seventy-one years later, Pearl Harbor is attracting a fair amount of search traffic on the Internet. Things should pick up photo wise as remembrances get under way in...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., ESPN (tv network), Auto Trends, Social Media, World War II (1939-1945)
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A day that changed their lives: Memories of Pearl Harbor from a Petoskey couple
Thomas Pinson, of Petoskey, and his wife, Shirley can still clearly remember Dec. 7, 1941. The day changed their lives, changed America and changed the entire course of world history. Many young people today may not be aware that on that day in 1941,...
Tags: Germany, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Radio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Europe
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Pearl Harbor survivor leads charge to identify the unknown dead
HONOLULU — Ray Emory could not accept that more than one quarter of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor were buried, unidentified, in a volcanic crater. And so he set out to restore names to the dead. Emory, a survivor of the attack,...Tags: National Parks, Politics, Human Interest, American Legion, Lobbying
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Pearl Harbor: U.S. remembers a 'date which will live in infamy'
In just over seven minutes, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave voice to a nation’s outrage, branding Dec. 7 as a “date which will live in infamy” for Japan’s attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. Within an hour, Congress had...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Senior Circles: Behind enemy lines in 1944 — a harrowing tale of escape in Holland
We commemorate the surprise attack by the Japanese on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. The attack forced the United States entry into World War II. Americans, who grew up during the difficult times of the Great...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tom Brokaw, France, Explosions, Ellicott City
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Burb's Eye View: Vet had a close-up view of Pearl Harbor
Jack Rogo is tough. He's funny. He gets to the point when he's talking to you. And when he begins the story about having breakfast in Pearl Harbor the day it was bombed, he launches into a cadence that years of practice provide. He's the guy you want...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), New York City, NoHo
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
Seventy-one years ago Friday, on Dec. 7, 1941, Thomas Talbott was in as fine a mood as he can remember.
He was 19, a Marine corporal stationed on the balmy Hawaiian island of Oahu. His unit, assigned to secure the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Army National Guard, Navy Yard, Human Interest
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Service news
Marine Corps Pvt. Brennan E. Holloway, son of Shawn C. and Donald E. Holloway of Greencastle, Pa., earned the title of U.S. Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Holloway is a 2012 graduate...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Sen. Daniel Inouye dies at 88; war hero
When Daniel K. Inouye was 17, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. An aspiring surgeon, he spent much of the next week helping care for the wounded at an elementary school in his native Honolulu. He wanted to enlist immediately but couldn't. Japanese...Tags: Elections, World War II (1939-1945), Iraq War (2003-2011), Politics, Iran
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