There will be a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the exact moment the attack began.
Mr. Bruner did not know who was attacking them until he saw the red "Rising Sun" insignias on the planes. They shot "everything in sight." Then, an explosion tore through his battle station. "That's where the flames blew right through and cooked me right there. Everything burning."
He looked to jump overboard, but the water of the harbor was on fire.
He and several others spied a sailor on the ship moored next to the Arizona and got him to toss a rope over to them. Then, the six of them crawled hand-over-hand across 100 feet to the USS Vestal.
They made it and another 335 sailors and Marines also somehow managed to survive the hell that had become their ship. Sadly, another 1,177 weren't so fortunate.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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