CREDIT: Jackie Gorski
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Members of American Legion Post #49, Warsaw, lined up outside of the American Legion building Saturday in a ceremony to remember Pearl Harbor Day. On Dec. 7, 1941, the American Army and Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The attack killed 2,403 people, which were made up of 2,008 Navy personnel, 109 Marines, 218 Army servicemen and 68 civilians. On Nov. 29, 1994, President Bill Clinton issued a proclamation making Dec. 7, 1994, the first National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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