December 7th marks 82 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, which launched the U.S. into World War II. More than 2400 service members and civilians were killed in the attack. NBC 7’s Dana Williams was aboard U.S.S. Midway to remember those whose lives were lost, and those who are forever changed.
To commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks which launched the United States into World War II, the USS Midway Museum will Thursday host a ceremony on its flight deck with a wreath-laying and missing-man flyover.
Keith Goosby, a retired U.S. Navy master chief petty officer and the current Work and Family Life Coordinator for Navy Region Southwest, will provide keynote remarks during the event.
Goosby spent 30 years in the Navy and now oversees support programs for active-duty military members and their families related to life skills, personal financial management, and military transition to civilian life.
He will speak about Pearl Harbor hero Doris "Dorie" Miller -- the first Black American recipient of the Navy Cross for his actions on that "day which will live in infamy," Dec. 7, 1941. Miller was portrayed by Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the 2001 film "Pearl Harbor."
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The event begins at 9 a.m. with the Point Loma High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps presenting the colors, Eve Nasby singing the National Anthem, and the families of Pearl Harbor survivors will be recognized.
The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Imperial Navy took the lives of more than 2,400 military members and civilians.
