![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly half - or 1,177 - were Marines and sailors serving on the USS Arizona, a battleship moored in the harbor. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro is expected to deliver the keynote speech. They will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the same minute the attack began decades ago. He recalled Japanese zero planes flying overhead and bullets strafing his Army base at Camp Malakole, a few miles down the coast from Pearl Harbor.Įlfring, who lives in Jackson, Michigan, said he has returned to Hawaii about 10 times to attend the annual memorial ceremony hosted by the Navy and the National Park Service.Ībout 30 survivors and about 100 other veterans of the war were expected to join him this year. 101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lostĮlfring was in the Army, assigned to the 251st Coast Artillery, part of the California National Guard on Dec.
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