Pearl Harbor- An Update

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Again, America will remember Pearl Harbor, or at least some of us will since fewer and fewer newspapers and TV networks are remembering this very important date in our history. Now, "Remember 9/11" has joined "Remember Pearl Harbor" as a battle cry for a new generation going to war. Many of the young men and women who are fighting for our freedom in the Middle East volunteered after 9/11 to fight terrorism.

Another group of veterans are remembering Pearl Harbor in a very unique way. These veterans are survivors of the USS Arizona. They have requested to be buried with their shipmates who died on December 7, 1945. Park Service divers are taking the ashes of these veterans down into the sunken hulk of the "Arizona". More and more veterans have asked their families to make the arrangements so they can be with their shipmates. Many of the veterans lost friends that day. Now they can be with them forever as one family member recalled as they watched the divers drop below the waters at Pearl Harbor with the ashes a loved one.