"We had a meeting of our Pearl Harbor survivors group the other day, and everybody agreed that it was just the luck of the draw, whether you got killed or whether you survived." ---Leroy Kohntopp, Survivor, USS Maryland |
"Feel the heat from the burning ships, you can feel the heat way out here in the channel, and look up on the bridge, leaning out the window, our executive officer. He's looking at the battleships and he's crying. I see the tears on his cheeks. I'll bet some of his friends are in those ships." ---Norman Robarr, Survivor USS Trever |
"We could see dozens of black specks that were airplanes circling, diving, and rising again. It was an impressive and fearsome ballet, even to someone as young and naive as I.... A small bomb fell across the street, making a crater in the lawn. A Japanese plane caught fire and exploded in midair. Some of the pieces fell nearby. I still have those items, 60 years later." ---Gordon S. Riess - A high school student in Honolulu |
USS Nevada Picture provided by Marion Curtis |
Red Rose This Rose signifies America's National Flower.
This Rose appears to have dew drops on it, but no - it's America's tear drops that still mourns with sorrow for those gallant American's who gave their lives for their country on Pearl Harbor and various Military installations on the Island of Oahu on the morning of December 7, 1941.
Red, White & Blue ribbon represents America's Flag. With Liberty, Freedom & Democracy.
Alex Horanzy Pearl Harbor Survivors Liberty Bell Philadelphia, PA Chapter No. 1 |
Sailors from the USS Bulkeley fire a 21-Gun salute during the Pearl Harbor Rememberance Ceremony at the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan on December 7, 2001. |
Donald Stratton's battle station aboard the USS Arizona (Click on "Star" to read his story)
Picture provided by Lester Ritchie - Survivor |
Unknown Casualty (National Archives Photo) |
USS Arizona Radio Gang Did they survive? If you know the answer, contact us. |
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