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Crowds, vets recall deadly attack on Pearl Harbor

By Audrey McAvoy
Published December 8, 2012 9:16am ET
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Crowds, vets recall deadly attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor survivor Daniel Fruchter, of Eastchester, N.Y., salutes members of a color guard from his wheelchair during a visit at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, before ceremonies commemorating the 71st anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. President Barack Obama marked the day on Thursday by issuing a presidential proclamation, calling for flags to fly at half-staff on Friday and asking all Americans to observe the day of remembrance and honor military service members and veterans. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) | Richard Drew

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — As crew members lined the edge of the Navy guided-missile destroyer, the ship’s whistle sounded. It was 7:55 a.m., the exact time the Japanese began bombing Pearl Harbor 71 years earlier.

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