Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Pearl Harbor Anniversary

Some More on Pearl Harbor Observations from Last Month.

Four Pearl Harbor survivors attended the commemoration in Suffern,NY.

Peter Sarantapoulas was on the USS Argonne, a repair and supply ship at the time of the attack. "We ot strafed and I ran from one side of the ship to the other. I was supposed to be in the radio shack 'caus I was the radioman, but I wound up handling ammunition."

Some of the survivors were not healthy enough to attend.

Other vets in attendance: Robert Stockum of Ridgefield, NJ, Thomas Fallon of Waldwick, NJ, and Al Stillwagon on Newburgh, NY.

Dec. 10th Lower Hudson Online "Suffren commemoration of Pearl Harbor" by Suzanne Clarke.

Oklahoma

About 8,000 Oklahoma school students at more than 90 schools statewide participated in a live video conference with USS Oklahoma survivors in Hawaii. This was held in conjunction with the dedication of the new Oklahoma memorial.

The Greatest Generation.

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