December 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE President Obama has called for flags to be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset today in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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December 6, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON Seventy-one years ago, with rumors of war rumbling in the east and a Japanese threat looming in the west, mothers began preparing breakfast, farmers stepped into the cold to do morning chores and children tried to steal a few more minutes of sleep all unaware that “a day which will live in infamy” was dawning. Continue Reading
December 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
It’s been 70 years since John Merthan and Gene Heiberger woke up to the sounds of war on Dec. 7, 1941 the day Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese and both men can remember the events of the “date which will live in infamy” like it was yesterday. Continue Reading
May 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Seated around the kitchen table in their Dickinson apartment recently, Ruth Johnsen pulls stories from her husband Clayton Johnsen, a World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor, with two statements, “Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. That’s where you start.” Continue Reading
May 26, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
Seated around the kitchen table in their Dickinson apartment recently, Ruth Johnsen pulls stories from her husband Clayton Johnsen, a World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor, with two statements, “Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. That’s where you start.”
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December 24, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A Marine who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has returned to the USS Arizona divers placed the urn holding Frank Cabiness’ cremated remains inside the battleship sunk by the Japanese 70 years ago. “He said it was because that’s where he belonged,” the late Marine’s son, Jerry Cabiness, said after Friday’s solemn ceremony. “He lost all of his friends there and he wanted to be with them.” The divers swam over to the sunken battleship and placed the container inside. Continue Reading
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December 7, 2011 in WDAZ
EAST GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) – 70 years ago today, a Japanese attack on a U.S. military base in Hawaii led to the U.S. entry into World War II.
One East Grand Forks woman remembers the attack on Pearl Harbor and what it was like to serve after that tragic day.
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December 7, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
There’s a rather simple way to sum up most dramatizations of America’s entry into World War II. The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, brave men are slaughtered, America is stunned, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives the “day of infamy” speech and the nation goes to war. Continue Reading
December 7, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
About 120 survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor observed a moment of silence to commemorate the Japanese attack and the thousands who lost their lives that day 70 years ago today. President Barack Obama hailed veterans of the bombing in a statement proclaiming today as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.” Continue Reading
December 7, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
For Beatrice and Bob Thacher, it was the start of what seemed like another perfect Hawaiian day. But Dec. 7, 1941, turned out differently. Continue Reading
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