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ACG WebOps (3-9 December 2006)Jim H. Moreno | December 11, 2006 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail "The heart-rending diary of a British soldier was sold at auction yesterday, 90 years after it was written in the mud of Flanders."
Articles"Mary North doesn’t know what moved her late husband, Jim, to begin chronicling his military experiences in October 1941. Jim North, a native of Cheboygan who died in 1988, didn’t keep a journal before that, and he didn’t record his experiences after 1945. But for four perilous years, Wallace James North recorded glimpses of a world war for posterity to see."
Survivors honor Pearl Harbor victims - Yahoo! News "One by one, aging survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life preserver rings honoring their ships."
Pearl Harbor veterans remember day - htrnews.com "Sixty-five years ago today, just before 8 a.m., William Hewitt had just finished eating breakfast on his military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii."
Pearl Harbor survivor witnesses history — twice - MSNBC "For Leavelle, Pearl Harbor would be only the first of two Sundays that would change his life, and the course of American history."
One Last Mission for Ship Sunk in Pearl Harbor Attack - washingtonpost.com "For 65 years, the wreck of the USS Arizona has been leaking oil from its grave at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, staining the water, visitors often say, as if it were the ship’s blood."
Details of attack still vivid for USS Arizona veterans - starbulletin.com "Pearl Harbor survivor Lonnie Cook remembers completing his morning shower in the forward section of the battleship USS Arizona and returning to his locker just before the Japanese began their attack."
Pear Harbor Vets Reconcile in Hawaii - Newsday.com "Sixty-five years ago, Takeshi Maeda and John Rauschkolb tried to kill each other at Pearl Harbor. This week, now both 85, they met face-to-face for the first time — and shook hands."
On Pearl Harbor Day, a move to expand Texas memorial - DallasNews.com "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is always a major event in the hometown of World War II Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Chester Nimitz."
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