Pearl Harbor commemoration to continue as planned following recent shooting

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The 78th anniversary commemoration of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor will continue in Hawaii as planned, undeterred by a shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard that left three dead on Wednesday.

The Pearl Harbor National Memorial was closed on Wednesday after a 22-year-old sailor identified as “G. Romero” killed two civilian Department of Defense employees and injured a third before shooting himself. Saturday’s events will proceed on schedule, according to Pearl Harbor National Memorial officials.

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