Pearl Harbor Day

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Explosive outrage is being unleashed on a popular supermarket chain after it published a 2010 calendar marking the date of Dec. 7 with the Islamic New Year, while eliminating any mention of Pearl Harbor Day, commemorating the 1941 attack on the U.S. by Japan. EMAIL Our Consumer Relations department is open 8 am [...]  

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Following a three-month, $18 million makeover, the battleship Missouri returned to Pearl Harbor’s Pier Foxtrot-5 on Thursday looking shipshape and “shiny as a new penny,” in the words of Michael Carr, president and CEO of the USS Missouri Memorial Association, which owns and operates the ship.The Mighty Mo pulled into the pier at 2:30 p.m., a short distance from the USS Arizona Memorial.The two historic battleships...  

Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy diesPlainview Daily HeraldOne of the guides said, 'We're fortunate today to have a survivor with us.' People got up and clapped. I never had anything like that happen before.”and more »  

HONOLULU (AP) — The Navy is basing the USS North Carolina at Pearl Harbor. The Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet said Wednesday that the 377-foot-long, $2.3 billion fast-attack submarine is scheduled to arrive in Hawaii in the summer....  

Japan's Dec. 7, 1941, stab in our back at Pearl Harbor inflamed America. Without it we could have lost World War II. It was close several times. Thus we must acknowledge the great debt America owes to those 2,300 Americans sacrificed because of our apathy towards the Nazi conquest of Europe and the desperate plight of England's battle for survival. In 1939, 1940 and 194l, "The America First Committee, top-billing Charles Lindberg, paraded...  

HONOLULU -- The battleship Missouri is scheduled to return to Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor this week after three months of maintenance and preservation work. The 887-foot "Mighty Mo" is expected to leave drydock at noon Thursday for the 2-mile return to its previous pier a few hundred yards away from the sunken battleship USS Arizona. The Missouri underwent an $18 million renovation that included painting, stripping its hull, replacing its...  

Several battles fought on Pearl Harbor DayFredericksburg.comIn remembering Pearl Harbor Day, I wanted to call attention to other battles that took place that day that are also not well-known. ...Letter: Why no memorial service in Vero Beach to commemorate Pearl Harbor?Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription)all 4 news articles »  

On Monday the flying museum and veterans in Peachtree City will remember the Pearl Harbor attack that started World War II. The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing, Honor Flight Fayette and local veterans organizations will join forces Monday to host Peachtree City's second observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Wetzel Sanders, a survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, salutes during the national anthem at Mondays Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony in Charleston. ...  

Its been 68 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor. As those years have passed, fewer survivors - and their memories - of that day remain. But one resident of Whiting has shared his story throughout the world. Will Lehner, 88, was aboard the ship that fired those first shots on Dec. 7, 1941. One of those shots sunk a Japanese submarine, one hour and 20 minutes before the attack. Monday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Lehner believes it is...  

COLONIE -- Survivors and supporters gathered this morning at the Joseph E. Zaloga Post American Legion for the 68th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. The Japanese bombing of the Hawaiian harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, killed 2,403 American military personnel and civilians.  

BOSTON A decommissioned Navy destroyer stationed in Boston is set to host a memorial service marking the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack, which drew the United States into World War II, are expected to attend this afternoon’s service on the fantail of the USS Cassin Young. It is at the ...  

It's been a day to honor the men and women of the greatest generation. The Hellertown American Legion in Northampton County held a Pearl Harbor memorial service this morning. Veterans and active service members remembered the day 68 years ago when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, bringing the U.S. into World War II.  

USS Ford (FFG 54) and Naval Station Everett honored veterans during a Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony on NAVSTA Everett Dec. 7. Four Pearl Harbor veterans were in attendance as well as the family members of six others. Cmdr. Cord H. Luby, commanding officer USS Ford (FFG 54), spoke about the veterans’ sacrifices. “Without the valor of our Pearl Harbor veterans, it is possible to imagine that we would not be the superpower we are today, a...  

 Historic Photos of World War II: Pearl Harbor to Japanby Bob DuncanReview by Liz Berndt Morris, Central Michigan UniversityThis summer I spent several pleasurable sittings viewing and reading Historic Photos of World War II: Pearl Harbor to Japan with text and captions by Bob Duncan. This 10” x 10” coffee-table book features 198 full-page, black-and-white photos of scenes from America’s Pacific Campaign. These photographs are arranged in...