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The number of Spokane-area Pearl Harbor survivors has dwindled to a handful as the nation marks the 68th anniversary of the attack that propelled it into World War II. But there was a time, Jim Sinnott recalls, when survivors were so plentiful he had five or six as co-workers at the local Federal Aviation Administration offices/Jim Camden, SR. More here.
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Stickman on December 07 at 4:21 p.m.
The days of people who remember such an event are dwindling fast, soon to be no more. It is a monumental event in our history, hopefully some remember such things. Most don’t, as most young people have a hard time remembering even Vietnam. As I have stated before, and one of my favorite t-shirts states, ‘ History will remember the war, but will America remember her men’. I doubt it.