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Somber ceremony recalls those killed in Pearl Harbor attack

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Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long, left, and other Pearl Harbor survivors talk before the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at a ceremony, Saturday Dec. 7, 2019 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of Kaneohe Bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on December 7, 1941, watching from afar as the attack that killed and wounded thousands unfolded. The Japanese planes reached his base on Kaneohe Bay soon after Pearl Harbor was hit, and the young sailor saw buildings and planes explode all around him. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

By: Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

Posted at 2:30 PM, Dec 07, 2019

and last updated 2019-12-07 14:30:12-05

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A somber remembrance ceremony was held Saturday morning at Pearl Harbor marking the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the Hawaii base that launched the United States into World War II.

About a dozen survivors of the attack attended, including 97-year-old Herb Elfring of Michigan. He said being back at Pearl Harbor reminds him of all who lost their lives.

A moment of silence was held at 7:55 a.m., the time the attack began in 1941.

The silence was broken with an overflight of fighter jets in missing man formation.

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