Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2009

The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs and the Fort Snelling Memorial Rifle Squad honored and remembered all those who died and survived the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Survivor Ed Wentzlaff of the USS Arizona will share his memories of the attack. A riffle volley honored all those who died. Refreshments was served.

The gun that started World War II is now stationed on the State Capitol Mall in St. Paul. This cannon fired the shot that hit the Japanese submarine off Pearl Harbor 65 years ago; the USS Ward Forward Gun is pictured above.

Additional resources:

• President Bush's Proclamation (no longer on-line)
• Governor Pawlenty's Proclamation (no longer on-line)
• Program brochure for December 7th
• White House Pearl Harbor Day information - www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/veterans/
• President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech - www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/PearlHarbor/fdr-speech.htm
• Pearl Harbor Memorial - www.pearlharbormemorial.com
• US Naval Historical Center Pearl Harbor Raid information - www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
• USS Ward
  • Report of Pearl Harbor Attack - www.history.navy.mil/docs/wwii/pearl/ph97.htm
  • The Search for the World War II Japanese Midget Submarine Sunk off Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 - www.soest.hawaii.edu/HURL/midget.html
  • Conservation treatment of the USS Ward Forward Gun, MN Historical Society - www.mnhs.org/preserve/conservation/reports/ward_gun.pdf
• Pioneer Press article - Pearl Harbor veterans gather for final salute
• Online School - Pearl Harbor Remembered - www.onlineschools.org/pearl-harbor-remembered/