I was 11 years old when this happened. I remember my parents sitting by the radio listening to the news about the bombing and relaying it to my brother and I. We were sitting on upstairs steps trying to hear what was going on.I had one brother that was on the aircraft carrier Saratoga which I believe was just leaving California when the Japanese attacked. He missed by several days.
Four of my brothers were in shortly after the war started. Three in the Navy and one in the Marines. Out of six boys in our family all but one was in the service. I was the last ( Marines) and that was the Korean War. The sixth one was married with a child and they exempted him. (my guess) Our family was lucky, no casualties.
I was stationed on the USS Renville in 1963 and recall rendering honors to the Arizona on entering and leaving Pearl Harbor (Admiral Kidd is still on board). The Utah was on her side looking like a beached whale. Never forget 7 December 41!!