by Mark LoProto | May 2, 2018 | Pearl Harbor News, Pearl Harbor Survivors
“We noticed a lot of black smoke coming off of Ford Island, and just about that time, the Japanese started attacking Battleship Row,” Elmer Luckett recalled during a 2017 interview with radio station KMOX in St. Louis, MO. Realizing that Pearl Harbor was under attack...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 15, 2018 | Pearl Harbor News, Recent News, USS West Virginia Survivors
Jim Downing was a man who embraced his status as a survivor of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. It was a rare occasion when he wouldn’t take the opportunity to discuss not only the events he lived through but the impact they had on the nation and his fellow...
by Kellar Ellsworth | Feb 8, 2018 | Other Oahu Sites, Pearl Harbor Survivors
When most people think of Hawaii, they think of sun-drenched beaches, breathtaking waterfalls, water sports, and swaying palm trees. But Hawaii is also home to a lot of history, including one of the most devastating events to ever occur on American soil. When the...
by Mark LoProto | Jan 5, 2018 | Pearl Harbor News, Pearl Harbor Survivors
Just over seventy-six years ago, the United States suffered the loss of more than 2,400 Americans in a devastating attack that would force the nation into World War II and change the world forever. Sadly, with each passing year the nation loses more of the brave...
by Mark LoProto | Nov 11, 2017 | Pearl Harbor Survivors
The 1940s were a very different time in the United States. The opportunities afforded to teenagers today were far less abundant. Many opted to join the military just to have a career plan, while others felt a deeply-rooted patriotism and desire to protect the country....
by Mark LoProto | Oct 20, 2017 | Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, History, MCAS Ewa Survivors
In a November 2016 interview with Pearl Harbor survivor John Hughes, the 97-year-old veteran touched on a word that he and his fellow Pearl Harbor survivors hear often. When discussing his long Marine Corps career, Hughes shrugs off being called a hero, instead...
