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We go to the Pearl Harbor ceremony every year (wife goes whether I am in port or not). The numbers of those who where there are of course becoming smaller. It is also interesting to note that Japanese Vets who participated in the attack also attend - last year it was a group of ZERO Pilots who were overhead here in Pearl on that day. They too are vanishing. Take some time and sit with one of these gents - regardless of nationality, regardless of where they fought during the war - They thank me for my service and I feel so insignificant to what they did and gave - one of the toughest things to do for me personally is to go to the ARIZONA and watch these vets look into the water at there ship, to know that she was and is a part of their lives. So if you have a moment - ask one of these gents (or gals) about what it was like.