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Pearl Harbor Survivor Al Bodenlos

January 17th, 2012

Al can tell you plenty about building airport runways.  Of course, most of those he helped build were on surfaces like coral under the threat of attack by the Japanese…..

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A Court-Martial and Pearl Harbor

December 9th, 2011

Sterling Cale acted with bravery and courage during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Why, then, was he going to be court-martialed? He couldn’t believe what he was hearing……

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In the Waters at Pearl Harbor

December 8th, 2011

He was an eyewitness to history, a man who was in the waters of Pearl Harbor during and after the Japanese attack, doing his part to fight back and preserve life…..

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A Day That Will Live in Infamy

December 7th, 2011

He was a farm boy from Illinois who thought he’d received the prime spot for anyone to serve in the military. On December 7th, 1941, he found himself surrounded by a day that will live in infamy…..

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Pearl Harbor Remembered

December 7th, 2010

Although the events of December 7th, 1941 are nearly seven decades old, Americans do remember. They honor those who gave their lives in service to their country and they recall the tragic events on a Sunday morning so long ago.

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Days Americans Never Forget

December 3rd, 2010

Before there was a 9/11, there was December 7th. Both are days Americans will never forget. However, there are few Americans still living who where at Pearl Harbor that day…..

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An 8-Year Old POW

February 23rd, 2010

Life was good for eight year old Tom Crosby, an American living in Manila in 1941. Then December 7th came, and his life changed forever…

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Swimming in a Sea of Burning Oil

October 8th, 2009

stuhedleyStu Hedley may have believed that once he left his ship, the West Virginia, in Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941 that he was out of harm’s way. More obstacles were still to come…

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Surviving Pearl Harbor: A First Hand Account

October 7th, 2009

westvirginia1We’ve heard of the events of December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Today, we meet one of the men who survived aboard one of the battleships stationed there…

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