From the May 29, 2016, 13 WTHR NBC "Eight Pearl Harbor survivors, World War II veterans honored at Indy 500."
Eight Pearl Harbor Survivors were honored at 11:45 a.m. in a ceremony commemorating the upcoming 75th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into World War II.
The trip to the race was organized by the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors.
I was at the race Sunday and this was shown on the giant TVs around the track and was quite impressive, especially after the flyovers by two World War II aircraft. There was also a video of the attack with them giving their memories.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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