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Friday, December 07, 2012  Ceremonies get under way with a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the exact time the bombing began in 1941.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Ceremonies commemorating the 70th anniversary of the "day that will live in infamy" are taking place across the country Wednesday, and Colorado Springs is no exception.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Colorado public buildings will be lowering their flags to half-staff in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Pearl Harbor attack remembered at 70th anniversary ceremonies; 120 survivors to participate

Saturday, November 05, 2011  This coming December marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.  So, the Colorado Springs Veterans Parade is doing more than honoring our veterans, they're honoring Pearl Harbor survivors.

Friday, November 04, 2011  Military veterans past and present to be honored at annual parade in downtown Colorado Springs.

Tuesday, December 07, 2010  The leader of the North American Aerospace Command and the U.S. Northern Command is marking the Pearl Harbor anniversary by saying the nation shouldn't forget the need for vigilance.

Tuesday, December 07, 2010  Flags are being lowered across Colorado in remembrance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Monday, December 07, 2009  Memorial service at Veterans Memorial for Pearl Harbor Day and sale of artwork in "Eco-Art Market" at Smokebrush Gallery

Monday, December 07, 2009  More than 2,200 sailors, Marines and soldiers were killed in the Japanese attack. Four U.S. battleships and 188 U.S. planes were also destroyed.

Friday, December 04, 2009  Aall U.S. and Colorado flags will be lowered to half-staff on state buildings across Colorado on Monday, Dec. 7, from sunrise to sunset, in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Sunday, December 07, 2008  Ninety-year-old Walter Himmelberg was 23 years old and in the Army when Pearl Harbor was bombed.

Friday, December 05, 2008  Sunday is the 67th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008  Donald Stratton, 86, is one of the last living survivors of the USS Arizona, which was bombed in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. That day, 1,177 crewmen lost their lives aboard that ship.  Stratton said if he had his choice he'd rather not have been aboard the Arizona that day, but everybody has to be somewhere and somebody had to be there.

Thursday, November 06, 2008  Aging, frail survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gingerly sifted dirt as they helped to break ground on a new visitor's center for the USS Arizona Memorial.