troops today have a lot in common with World War II veterans, according to Lt. Jose Aguilar, Hunter Army Airfield garrison commander, who also spoke at the ceremony, the tragedy only strengthened the resolve of Americans. The Japanese hoped the incident would cripple the United States fleet that day. Weiher said the memories of the American ships on fire still haunt her to this day. Her father "jumped up during the night in his underwear and threw on his uniform" before moving the Family to the mountains, where they remained for two weeks before leaving the island. As she stepped up to the ceremonial podium, she said she still remembers the attack, although she was only five years old. Judy Weiher said she will never forget those who lost their lives that day in history. flag to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on that day annually so that generations of Americans will remember the sacrifices made at Pearl Harbor for our freedom. 7 in 1994 by President Clinton, was officially declared to honor those who died in the attack and those who fought in World War II to protect this Nation's freedom. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, established by law on Dec. This year marks the 69th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. servicemembers without warning and injured hundreds more. The room was packed with civilians, retirees and military representatives who had gathered to remember the Japanese attack that took the lives of more than 2,400 U.S. "I'm not a speaker I'm a crier," he said as he stood at the podium in the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum rotunda on Sunday. James Sellers, a 90-year-old Pearl Harbor veteran, choked back tears as he spoke about the events he witnessed on Dec. Note: The proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 3.HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eleventh. Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 7, 1986, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and I call upon the people of the United States to observe this solemn occasion with appropriate ceremonies and activities and to pledge eternal vigilance and strong resolve to defend this Nation and its allies from all future aggression. The Congress, by Public Law 99 - 534, has designated Decem, as ``National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day'' and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this day. We live in a world made more free, more just, and more peaceful by those who will answer roll call no more, those who will report for muster never again. As President Franklin Roosevelt told our Nation the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked, ``It is our obligation to our dead - it is our sacred obligation to their children and our children - that we must never forget what we have learned.'' We do so as well by protecting the Nation and the freedom they protected and by forging the resolve, the strength, and the military preparedness necessary to deter attack and to preserve and build the peace. Their sacrifice was for a cause, not for conquest for a world that would be safe for future generations. Such destruction seared the memory of a generation and galvanized the will of the American people in a fight to maintain our right to freedom without fear.Įvery honor is appropriate for the courageous Americans who made the supreme sacrifice for our Nation at Pearl Harbor and in the many battles that followed in World War II. This attack claimed the lives of 2,403 Americans, wounded 1,178 more, and damaged our naval capabilities in the Pacific. On that Sunday morning, 45 years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched an unprovoked, surprise attack upon units of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Of these occurrences, none could have had more significance for our Nation than Decem. In the annals of American history, only a few events are so well-known and so deeply rooted in national remembrance that the mere mention of their date suffices to describe them. By the President of the United States of America
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