Jim Landis and His Pearl Harbor Survivors Go There for the 70th Anniversary-- Part 1

From the 2011 CNN iReport "One Last Goodbye."

Seven of the Pensacola PHSA managed to go to Pearl Harbor for the commemoration.

The last entry, I wrote waht Jim Landis, one of the seven, had to say about his experience that 1941 day.

These are what the other six had to say:

GEORGE MILLS--  "We just couldn't believe it.  All those planes flying down the harbor dropping bombs and torpedoes on the battlewagons."


JAY CARRAWAY--  "We were waiting for the mess cooks to bring us our breakfast, when someone called down 'General Quarters, man your battle stations.'  We said, 'We don't drill on Sunday morning.'  About then a bomb exploded near our ship and rocked it, putting everything into perspective."


FRANK EMOND--  "At five minutes to eight, we were on the deck of the USS California, waiting to play 'Colors', when I looked up to see a line of planes.  One peeled off and dropped something that hit the ground and exploded.  We saw the big red spots on the planes and we knew we were in trouble then."

GreGen