PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—The National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration was a solemn day as survivors journeyed back to pay their respects for the fallen and to honor the living. This year, 32 Pearl Harbor Veterans and 119 World War II Veterans attended the ceremony, undeterred by the inclement weather and looming pandemic. The quiet Sunday morning on December 7, 1941, quickly became the epitome of death and destruction as Japanese forces descended on Pearl Harbor, unannounced and unprovoked. Guy Dill, age 99, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January 1942 right after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. “I tried to enlist earlier, but the line was out the door and around the block, so I went back a second time. I enlisted as quickly as I could because I wanted to protect our country,” Dill told The Epoch Times. He served for 23 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Commander from …
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