Pearl Harbor remembrance

At one point, the number of survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor living in Spokane and North Idaho and were members of the survivors group numbered closer to 100. The veterans would travel to local schools, churches and book stores on the anniversary of the attack to talk to students about their memories.

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Fri., Dec. 6, 2019

Ray Garland, back row far right, was 19 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was stationed on the USS Tennessee.

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Dale Magnus, circled, was 18 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed on the USS Cummings.

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Denis Mikkelsen was 19 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed on the USS West Virginia.

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Betty Schott, left, was 24 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The wife of Warren Schott, Betty lived with the U.S. Navy veteran on Ford Island.

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Warren Schott was 23 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed at the Naval Air Station on Ford Island.

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Kurt Flechel, left, was 22 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed at the Naval Air Station on Ford Island.

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Jim Sinnott was 18 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed at the Naval Air Station on Ford Island.

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Vina Mikkelsen was 10 and living in Montana when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. She’s seen here in a photograph eight years later. Mikkelsen is the widow of Denis Mikkelsen, a U.S. Navy veteran who was present for the attack.

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Charlie Boyer was 21 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed at the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe Bay.

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Beverly Garland was 14 and living in Idaho when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. Garland, seen here in a photograph two years later, is the widow of Ray Garland, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran present for the attack.

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Jean Flechel was 15 and living in Oklahoma when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. She’s seen here in a photograph four years later. Flechel is the widow of Kurt Flechel, a U.S. Navy veteran who was present for the attack.

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Bob Snider was 8 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked Dec. 7, 1941. He was living in Pearl City.

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Clyde Buteau was 25 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Army Air Force veteran was stationed at Hickam Field.

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Bill Paulukonis was 22 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Army veteran was stationed at the Schofield barracks north of the harbor.

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George “Bud” Garvin was 26 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Army veteran was stationed at the Schofield barracks north of the harbor.

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Ray Daves was 21 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed at the U.S. Naval Station Pearl Harbor.

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Hoyt “Bud” Colburn was 17 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed on the USS Rigel.

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Bill Merz was 18 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Army veteran was stationed at the Schofield barracks north of the harbor.

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Bob Ohnemus was 24 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed on the USS Grebe.

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John “Sid” Kennedy was 18 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy veteran was stationed at the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe Bay.

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