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Handful of Pearl Harbor survivors attend remembrance on anniversary of attack

Ira Schab, 102, was on the USS Dobbin, a tuba player in the ship’s band. He recalled seeing Japanese planes overhead and wondering what to do. “We had no place to go and hoped they’d miss us,” he said before Wednesday’s ceremony in Hawaii.

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Sean Spicer confuses Pearl Harbor anniversary with D-day

Trump’s former press secretary apologized for his error, after criticizing Biden for not acknowledging D-day last year

The Guardian - US

Pearl Harbor survivor: Honor those who were killed

Lou Conter was serving on the battleship USS Arizona at the time of Japan’s attack. The Arizona was among the ships sunk, and 1,177 of his shipmates died — nearly half of the U.S. tally of 2,403 killed.

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She was only 10 when the bombs hit Pearl Harbor. Now 91, a Sacramento woman remembers the war

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Toni Gibson was eating breakfast with her parents in their Honolulu kitchen when she heard the noise. She was only 10, but she turned to her father and said, “It sounds like a bomb.”

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Hawaii remembrance to draw handful of Pearl Harbor survivors

A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor are expected to gather at the scene in Hawaii to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago in the Japanese bombing

The Independent UK

Column: Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor comes home to family at last

SAN DIEGO -- On Dec. 7, a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor will be buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. It will be an especially poignant day for three sisters and their family members who live in La Jolla, California.

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USS Arizona survivor: Honor those killed at Pearl Harbor

This week the U.S. Navy and the National Park Service will host a remembrance ceremony at Pearl Harbor on the 81st anniversary of the 1941 Japanese bombing

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‘There was one prima donna on Star Trek’: George Takei on William Shatner, love and life as an ‘enemy alien’

TV made him a star, but activism turned him into a hero. Now 85 and still going strong, the actor remembers his friendships and feuds, and his shameful treatment in the second world war

The Guardian - UK

Star Trek's George Takei cruelly treated like 'enemy alien' after bombing attack

Openly gay Star Trek actor George Takei - who played Hikaru Sulu in the space exploration TV series and films - tells how his family were thrown into an interment camp after Pearl Harbor atrocity

Daily Mirror

US military to begin draining Pearl Harbor pipelines

The U.S. military says it’s ready to begin draining fuel from three pipelines as part of an initial step toward closing a World War II-era fuel storage facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year

The Independent UK

Navy admiral to seek community input on Red Hill fuel tanks

The commander of the task force responsible for draining fuel from a storage tank facility that leaked jet fuel and poisoned Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year says he’s exploring ways to get community feedback

The Independent UK

Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor to be laid to rest, at last

A 21-year-old sailor is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery more than 80 years after he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

The Independent UK

Singapore ex-diplomat warns to not underestimate China on Taiwan

Singapore’s former top diplomat warned on Monday that a conflict in Taiwan would trigger a Chinese response akin to the US reaction to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor that precipitated its entrance into World War II.

Bangkok Post

These Two REITs Could Be Sleeping Giants

The first time I heard the expression “sleeping giant” was when I ran across the supposed quote from Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who wrote in his journal about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with…

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Remains of Missouri Navy sailor who died at Pearl Harbor returned home after 81 years

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eighty-one years after he was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Seaman First Class Wilbur F. Newton’s remains returned to his hometown in Missouri.

The Independent UK

US military drops appeal of Hawaii order to drain fuel tanks

The U.S. government is dropping its appeal of a Hawaii order requiring it to remove fuel from a massive military fuel storage facility that leaked petroleum into the Navy’s water system at Pearl Harbor last year

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Our divided U.S. should be able to unite for Ukraine

I got an email from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., this week that caught my eye. It wasn't personal but instead one of those fundraising E-blasts that populates one's inbox if one has signed up for political newsletters. Usually I ignore these, but this one had such a catchy subject…

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Biden sends more aid after Zelenskyy invokes 9/11, Pearl Harbor in emotional address to Congress

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed directly to U.S. lawmakers and the American public Wednesday with an emotional request to the Biden administration for additional financial support, more weaponry and a no-fly zone to help his country fight off the Russian invasion.

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The Independent UK

Pentagon to shut down leaking fuel tank facility in Hawaii

The Associated Press has learned that the Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel

The Independent UK

EPA to eye Hawaii fuel tank operations after water tainted

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official says an upcoming inspection of a Navy fuel tank facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water will look at whether the tank farm was properly operated

The Conversation

The shameful stories of environmental injustices at Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII

When Japanese fighter pilots bombed the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Thomas S. Takemura was raising vegetables and raspberries on his family’s 14 ½-acre farm in Tacoma, Washington.

The Independent UK

Spending bill has $403M for leaky Hawaii fuel tank facility

Hawaii members of Congress say a new spending bill includes $403 million to address the crisis caused by the leaking of petroleum from a Navy fuel storage tank facility into Pearl Harbor drinking water

The Independent UK

US military faces crisis in Hawaii after leak poisons water

The Navy is scrambling to contain a major crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm

The Independent UK

US Navy appeals Hawaii order to drain military fuel tanks

Attorneys for the U.S. Navy are appealing Hawaii’s order that it drain massive tanks that store fuel in the hills above Pearl Harbor

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Biden has found his pro-democracy messaging. Now he needs to reinforce it

As 9/11 was unfolding, a relatively new president, down in the polls shortly after getting into office, George W. Bush, skyrocketed in the polls because of his clever use of branding and marketing. He became the icon for confronting the “all evil” that was behind the first attack on U.S.…

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