Continued from December 29, 2016.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Obama rode a small boat to the white USS Arizona Memorial building in the harbor that sits over the stricken battleship. There the remains of 1,177 sailors and Marines lie entombed for the ages.
Abe laid a wreath to honor the dead.
--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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