American Legion Post 90 ceremony commemorates anniversary attack on Pearl Harbor
By David Cordero
To remember those who perished in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, American Legion Post 90 of St. George will host a ceremony at Tonaquint Cemetery Dec. 7 at 10:48 a.m. The program will begin at the exact time of the attack 78 years earlier (7:48 a.m. Hawaii time).
“We will always be grateful for those heroes of long ago,” said Marti Bigbie, commander of American Legion Post 90. “There are no more Pearl Harbor survivors in the St. George area — time has thinned out their ranks — so it is up to us to keep their legacy alive. We will have a mostly silent ceremony to commemorate this sad, but important event in American history.”
On Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was suddenly attacked. Characterized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s as, “a day which will live in infamy,” Japan’s aggressive action plunged America into World War II. There were 2,403 killed and 1,178 wounded at Pearl Harbor along with four American battleships sunk.
Those who did not die foreshadowed the grit and character that embodied U.S. service members of the Greatest Generation. Service and sacrifice were demonstrated over the next 44 months of war as the fate of the free world hung in the balance.
There will be four St. George area veterans at the Tonaquint ceremony — representing four branches of military service — who will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony.
The public is welcomed and invited to this event. For more information on Post 90, visit post90.org.
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