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Pearl Harbor Survivors Remember

Shrinking ranks of vets, civilians recall attack on 66th anniversary

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(Newser) – Pearl Harbor survivors will pause today to remember the attack that reshaped their lives—and the nation's—66 years ago today. The remembrances come as the ever-shrinking number of surviving vets wonder how Americans will remember their legacy, the LA Times reports. Says a historian: "When all of our World War II vets are gone, how much of this interest will continue?"

"We're already just a paragraph in the history books," said one 87-year-old. "Will even that disappear when the last one of us dies?" Civilians who lived near the Hawaii base also remember the hardships of that day and of living in constant fear of more attacks, the AP notes

In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, students of the Lunalilo High School in the Waikiki district of Honolulu watch their school burn after the roof of the main building, at center, was hit by a bomb during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (AP Photo/File)
In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, students of the Lunalilo High School in the Waikiki district of Honolulu watch their school burn after the roof of the main building, at center, was hit by a bomb during...   (Associated Press)
Dick Rodby, 76, of Honolulu, Hawaii, at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Thursday, November 29, 2007. Rodby was a 10-year-old living in Wahiawa, Hawaii, across from the Schofield Barracks Army base when Japanese planes bombed Oahu. This year marks the 66th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl...
Dick Rodby, 76, of Honolulu, Hawaii, at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Thursday, November 29, 2007. Rodby was a 10-year-old living in Wahiawa, Hawaii, across from the Schofield Barracks...   (Associated Press)
The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. (AP Photo/File)
The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. (AP Photo/File)   (Associated Press)
Torpedoed and bombed by the Japanese, the battleship USS West Virginia begins to sink after suffering heavy damage, center, while the USS Maryland, left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, in a Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. The capsized USS Oklahoma is at right. This yearmarks the 66th...
Torpedoed and bombed by the Japanese, the battleship USS West Virginia begins to sink after suffering heavy damage, center, while the USS Maryland, left, is still afloat in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii,...   (Associated Press)
Joan Martin Rodby, 76, of Honolulu tries on a gas mask at Arizona Memorial, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Thursday, November, 29, 2007 in Honolulu. Rodby is using a mask similar to the one she used as 10-year-old fifth grader at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Waikiki when Japanese planes bombed...
Joan Martin Rodby, 76, of Honolulu tries on a gas mask at Arizona Memorial, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Thursday, November, 29, 2007 in Honolulu. Rodby is using a mask similar to the one she used as 10-year-old...   (Associated Press)
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