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Video | Pearl Harbor survivors remember their experiences during Dec. 7, 1941, attacks
Stars and Stripes
December 7, 2023
Former Pearl Harbor survivors recount their experiences during the Japanese attacks that occurred on Dec. 7, 1941. Hear from survivors such as James R. Leavelle, the man who escorted Lee Harvey Oswald when he was shot by Jack Ruby and Nelson G. Mitchell, the last living African-American who was involved in the Pearl Harbor attacks.
Smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. (U.S. Navy)