Pearl Harbor survivors honor comrades
A few dozen graying Pearl Harbor survivors observed a moment of silence on Friday in honor of their comrades who perished in the Japanese bombing of Oahu 66 years ago.
Wearing aloha shirts and orchid flower lei, the veterans stood on a pier overlooking the sunken hull of the USS Arizona and saluted the flag as a sailor sang "The Star Spangled Banner."
Survivors of each of the nine battleships bombed in the attack took turns setting wreaths before life preservers bearing the names of their ships.
"We're honoring the people who were killed. We're not here for ourselves, we're here for them," said George A. Smith, 83, who was on board the USS Oklahoma the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
Overall, 2,388 Americans died in the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks, including some 900 still entombed in the Arizona.
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Wearing aloha shirts and orchid flower lei, the veterans stood on a pier overlooking the sunken hull of the USS Arizona and saluted the flag as a sailor sang "The Star Spangled Banner."
Survivors of each of the nine battleships bombed in the attack took turns setting wreaths before life preservers bearing the names of their ships.
"We're honoring the people who were killed. We're not here for ourselves, we're here for them," said George A. Smith, 83, who was on board the USS Oklahoma the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
Overall, 2,388 Americans died in the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks, including some 900 still entombed in the Arizona.