With every passing year, Jim Hackworth’s mission to keep the memory of Pearl Harbor Day alive gets more difficult. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live ...
But this was the most touching letter I received. “On Christmas Eve day, 1953, my Navy destroyer entered Pearl Harbor, and, as we passed the wreckage site of the Arizona, an announcement came ...
It killed 2,390 Americans, and the United States declared war on Japan the next day. “The ranks of Pearl Harbor survivors grow thinner with each passing year. But the memory of their heroism-and ...
URBANA — American Legion Post 559 of Champaign and Lincoln’s Challenge Academy of Rantoul will hold a ceremony Sunday at Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana, in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day.
Price: Adults from $57; kids from $44 (ages 3 to 11) Duration: 5 hours On this half-day tour from Waikiki, you'll have a chance to see the entirety of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial ...