PEARL HARBOR 75TH Remembrance Day - Dec. 7, 2016

     National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration

       The National Park Service and the United States Navy will co-host the 75th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor. This event is also supported by the City and County of Honolulu, the State of Hawaii

       and the Governor's Office, members of Hawaii's congressional delegation, and other branches of the U.S. military.

      The USS Oklahoma ceremony commemorates the devastating loss of the ship and 429 of its crew members. That ship was torpedoed relentlessly and capsized within 14 minutes. She represents the second greatest loss 

      of life of the ships struck at Pearl Harbor. Since the inception of the Memorial on Ford Island, the National Park Service has conducted on every Dec. 7 a special ceremony in the early afternoon of that honored day.

  Our own Sergeant First Class Hugh Kinsey, United States Army, Retired, played Taps at the dedication of the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Dec. 7, 2007 and is returning to Pearl Harbor to play taps during this historic

  75^th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration. CNN.com is live-streaming all the special events of the day beginning at 7:30 AM local (11:30 Central); the USS Oklahoma event is scheduled for 1:00 PM local

  (5:00 PM Central).