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Officials say Dominic Baldrachi, who was honored last year for his bravery during the Pearl Harbor attack, was “apparently ill” and not wearing a seatbelt.

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Ed Vezey, who was 95 years old, was instrumental in establishing the USS Oklahoma memorial in Hawaii.

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In remembrance of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 74 years ago today, two veterans of the conflict, former enemies, poured whisky in the waters over the battleship Arizona.

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One of the last remaining fighter aces from the Greatest Generation received the Congressional Gold Medal at age 91 Friday for his actions over Okinawa in World War II.

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Alan Sanford was only 18-years-old when Pearl Harbor was bombed, and recalled in a 1991 interview the unfamiliar Japanese mini-sub they shot which looked like a toy.

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Cpl. William Benn lost the dog tags in 1939, but following a storm last year, metal detector enthusiast Bill Ladd made an unexpected discovery.

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Not all combat killed Americans are buried where family can go to visit and remember. No one can visit Donald McCloud, but he is not forgotten...

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On 6 Dec 2013 I will be attending a Pearl Harbor 72nd Anniversary ceremony in Des Plaines, Ill. I will be driving Chief Petty Officer Joe Triolo USN Ret to the ceremony...

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The surviving World War II heroes known as the Doolittle Raiders gathered for their final annual toast over Veterans Day weekend at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Ohio. The Doolittle Raiders were a group of 80 servicemen who after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, volunteered for high-risk missions that not […]

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EAA Warbirds of America put on a visually spectacular reenactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the 2013 AirVenture last Friday in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In their “Salute to Veterans” at the Wittman Regional Airport, the Warbirds took to the air with WWII combat aircraft, repeatedly buzzing the runway with accompanying pyrotechnics as spectators looked on […]

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