State Observes Pearl Harbor Day
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A small group of Pearl Harbor survivors
gathered at the state Capitol today to remember the event that
triggered the country`s entry into World War Two 63 years ago.
Eighty-six-year-old Robert Hughes wiped tears from his eyes as
he recalled pulling the bodies of servicemen from the water in the
aftermath of the December Seventh, 1941, bombing in Hawaii.
Hughes was one of only five survivors who attended the brief
observance in the Capitol rotunda.
Marine Warren Dale Rogers survived the bombing, but his cousin
died aboard the U-S-S Arizona. Rogers said he attended today`s
ceremony to pay tribute to all those who died.
