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ABOARD USS PEARL HARBOR, Persian Gulf (NNS) -- In remembrance of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) observed a day of reflection to pay tribute and respect to the sacrifice of the Sailors and Soldiers killed in the historic attack. Pearl Harbor Sailors started the day with a training scenario to simulate the events that Sailors aboard USS Arizona (BB 39), USS Utah (BB 31), and USS Nevada (BB 36) faced 64 years ago. Following the training scenario, Pearl Harbor Sailors held a ceremony to commemorate the watershed moment in American history....

Gov. Jeb Bush meets with World War II Fighter Pilots, Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler, and their wives, at the Capitol, Tallahassee, FL. STATEMENT BY: GOVERNOR JEB BUSH REGARDING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEARL HARBOR Friday, December 6, 2002 "Sixty-one years ago, our nation was suddenly and viciously attacked, and America was forced to win a war we never sought in the first place. Today we face the same challenge. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have spurred us to confront a great evil in the world that is a direct danger to Americans and to all freedom-loving peoples...