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Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing
With only 12 centenarian survivors remaining, extensive oral histories and archives from 535 survivors preserve the memory of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
- With only 12 survivors left, all centenarians, this year none can attend the Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony scheduled for Sunday in Hawaii.
- Recording remembrances before the survivors are gone, Daniel Martinez, retired National Park Service Pearl Harbor historian, likened the effort to Civil War veterans fading and stressed preserving national memory.
- The Library of Congress maintains collections from 55 Pearl Harbor survivors, including interviews, letters, photos, and diaries, some with restrictions, as the National Park Service holds nearly 800 interviews, mostly on video.
- The Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors give school presentations and march in parades, with the California chapter adding members, while active duty sailors assume ceremonial roles at the USS Arizona Memorial.
- The Dec. 7, 1941 attack killed more than 2,300 troops; ceremonies include a 7:55 a.m. moment of silence, with scholars debating its meaning, some stressing treachery, others heroism.
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Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing
Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront.
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