Jack Stowe was 15 years old, working at a grocery store in Texas, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He wanted to fight for his country and refused to let his young age stop him.
Every American was impacted by the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The entrance of the U.S. in World War II had major implications ... The site is now a national memorial.
One of the most devastating attacks in American history, Pearl Harbor will forever be remembered as the moment the country ...
William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...
Eighty years after Pearl Harbor, Herwig looks back on his military service during World War II with pride. “My time was not in vain. We did our part. We carried a lot of ammunition wherever it ...
In O’Fallon, Missouri, World War II veterans, civilians, and military families gathered at the Mid America Veterans Museum for a solemn Pearl Harbor Day Memorial. The day began with a flagpole ...
William Henry Pratt was 19 and served on the USS Nevada during the 1941 attack. His brother Basil Pratt was also on the ship ...
Thursday’s ceremony was held on a field across the harbor from the USS Arizona Memorial ... of Pearl Harbor. The two never did get together that day. Schab spent most of World War II in the ...
He said Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima share the same historical significance in that lives were lost in connection with World War Two. National Memorial Park superintendent Tom Leatherman spoke to ...
As the site of the surprise attack that spurred America's entrance into World War II, Pearl Harbor is ... to see the entirety of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, including the USS Arizona ...
Eight World War II veterans gathered at VFW Post 6208 on Dec. 22, but they had more than drinks and conversation on their minds. The men – all from Prior Lake, with the exception of one ...
Launched in 1944, the USS Missouri (or "Mighty Mo") is best known for hosting a meeting between Allied and Axis representatives that led to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II.