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A Navy photographer snapped this photograph of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, just as the USS Shaw exploded.
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Lewis Ball of Milton served in World War II in 1945 and 1946.
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Allen Bias shows off World War II mementos in his home at Greenbottom in July 2006.
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Raymond Christian served as an electrician in the Navy from 1943 to 1947. He was stationed in the Pacific during World War II. Above, he appears at a camp on Windy Island near New Guinea.
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Raymond Christian served as an electrician in the Navy from 1943 to 1947. He was stationed in the Pacific during World War II. Above, he appears in boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill., in 1943.
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Robert Weber shows the results of his latest fishing trip at Fort Kamehameha on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in February 1943. He boasts an octopus, snagged with the homemade spear in the ground beside him, and a Samoan crab and mullet, which, he says, you just grab. That's bilge oil on his legs. Weber was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked the United States' Pacific fleet on Dec. 7, 1941, and ushered the nation into World War II.
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Veteran Louie Torlone shows off a bolt-action Japanese rifle on Dec. 4, 2008, at his home in Huntington. When Pearl Harbor was struck, Louie was a junior at Logan High School. One month after he graduated high school, he joined the Marine Corps. He was 21 when he fought at Iwo Jima.
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There was much excitement with the return of nylon to hosiery after World War II, as seen in this DuPont Co. historical photograph.
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A group of local veterans got the opportunity to make the trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the World War II Memorial in November 2004. Standing, from left, William Bailes, Jess Jenkins, Don Gillette and Albert Baker. Sitting, from left, Phillips Ash, Ed Yeager and Ernest Levisay.
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Shown here in September 2001, Earl Rudisill fought in World War II.
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Members of the honorable Marine Corps League during the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2007, at Harris Riverfront Park.
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World War II veterans Ralph Ward, right, and Ken Dishman salute the U.S. flag in November 2001 during a veterans program at Davis Elementary School. The program had veterans talking about their experiences in the military and answering questions from the students.
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World War II veteran Tommy Harbour points out where his Higgins PA33-4 Boat was carried on the U.S.S. Bayfield APA 33 in a photograph in June 1999 at his home in Milton.
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Fumika Tomita Ward, of South Point, Ohio, holds a copy of the resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that allowed her and her son to enter the United States in 1950. Hers is only one of 900 resolutions passed by Congress for Japanese women who married American servicemen following World War II.
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Dorie Miller was serving aboard the USS West Virginia when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Miller, a cook, went to his battle station only to discover it had been torpedoed, so he was assigned to carry injured sailors to safety. He also manned a .50-caliber Browning anti-aircraft machine gun, which he had not been trained to operate, until he ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship. (U.S. Navy/File)
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Raymond Cox, originally from, Toler, Ky., was a prisoner of war during World War II. After escaping capture, Cox survived for 11 months in the Italian countryside before rejoining his comrades.
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Pearl Harbor veteran Robert Weber of Huntington, shown in December 2004.
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In May 2004, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams of Ona shows some of his military awards, clockwise from top, the Medal of Honor, a Purple Heart and an Iwo Jima service medal, while holding a flag dedicated to the memory of his brother William Jerald Williams, who served in Europe during World War II and died shortly thereafter. Williams received the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving in the Marines in Iwo Jima.
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World War II veteran Frank Stull of Huntington flips through a book in June 2004 documenting actions taken by him and other servicemen during D-Day.
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Pearl Harbor veteran T.R. Wickline of Huntington, shown in December 2004.
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Barboursville resident Ted Kirk looks at a photograph in December 1999 that was taken of him when he was 16 years old stationed at Malakole Camp, Hawaii, in November 1941. Kirk had only been in the 251st Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft since August 1941 when he witnessed the Arizona burning at Pearl Harbor from his firing spot on top of a Marine barrack across the bay.
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Framed by a U.S. flag made from handprints of Davis Creek Elementary students, World War II veteran Gordon Hensley listens in November 2001 as other veterans share their experiences in the military during a program at Davis Creek Elementary School.
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Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Johnny Dunbar walked out of France during World War II after his plane was shot down by Germans. He wrote a book about his experiences titled "Escape Through the Pyrenees." A Richwood, W.Va., native, he graduated from Marshall University's journalism school and worked as a reporter for the Huntington Advertiser before the war.
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World War II veteran David Barnes of Huntington holds a photograph in March 2005 of some of the African-Americans he served with aboard the USS Yorktown.
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Clint Bowen of Huntington looks over some literature during the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2007, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
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Jack C. Grubb and Benjamin F. Neel were assigned to a merchant ship, the tanker S.S. H.D. Collier, owned by Standard Oil Co., in World War II.
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U.S. troops in the Pacific islands continued to find enemy holdouts in this March 10, 1945, file photo long after the main Japanese forces had either surrendered or disappeared. (AP Photo/Charles P. Gorry)
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Shown in October 2001, Alonzo Burton recalls his time in the military during World War II.
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Comedian and actor Bob Hope entertains a large crowd of American servicemen at the airstrip in Munda, New Georgia, in the Pacific in this Oct. 31, 1944, file photo, during World War II. (AP Photo/U.S. Signal Corps, File)
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Local Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Weber speaks during the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony Dec. 7, 2008, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena to mark the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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"They told us if our chutes didn't open, we could take it down to the man in the truck and he would give us a new one; no one ever took him up on it," Eugene Cornett says lightheartedly as he reminisces about combat duty during World War II in June 2001.
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Raymond Cartwright of the Marines Corps League #340 salutes during the national anthem in December 1999 during a ceremony at Harris Riverfront Park in honor of Pearl Harbor Day.
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In December 2007, Pearl Harbor survivor and Huntington resident Bob Weber describes his first combat experience Dec. 7, 1941, in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Weber served in the Army Coast Artillery harbor defense on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Weber's post was 60 feet from the edge of Hickam Field, an American air base, and 1,000 feet from the Pearl Harbor channel.
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Moored inboard of the USS Oklahoma, which capsized, the USS Maryland was damaged slightly on Dec. 7, 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
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The World War II Memorial, foreground, and the Lincoln Memorial, background are seen from the Washington Monument on April 29, 2004. The national monument honors the 16 million U.S. men and women who served during World War II. (AP Photo/Lauren Burke)
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Milt Cohen rings the bell from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia during a Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremony Dec. 7, 2003, in Morgantown. Cohen served on the battleship USS West Virginia during World War II. (AP Photo/The Dominion Post, Bob Gay)
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A replica of the ships in the actual battle group that was in port during the attack on Pearl Harbor is displayed at a ceremony remembering the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2007, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
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The Jeremiah O'Brien, shown here docked at Pier 32 in San Francisco on March 10, 1998, was the last seaworthy Liberty ship from World War II. (AP Photo/Robin Weiner)
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The Pearl Harbor Day ceremony is held Dec. 7, 2008, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena to mark the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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"I did anything I could to help people out," said John E. Landers in December 2002 about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Landers had been in the Navy less than a year when he survived the attack.
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In May 2001, T.R. Wickline said he wasn't a hero during the attack on Pearl Harbor, where he was station upon the battleship U.S.S. Maryland, he was just doing the job he was trained to do. Wickline, of Huntington, holds a photograph of the U.S.S. Maryland.
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World War II veteran William Washington holds up his Pearl Harbor Medal in December 1998. He earned the medal for his part in the battle at Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor survivors, from left, Bob Weber, John Landers and T.R. Wickline look over old photographs from the World War II era in November 2001.
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World War II POW Bob Bellomy of Wayne watches in November 2002 as veterans are presented with commemorative patches for their services to their country during a Veterans Day ceremony in Wayne.
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Gen Hideki Tojo, premier of Japan at the time of Pearl Harbor, is seen in this December 1947 file picture. (AP Photo)
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World War II veteran Martin Mansperger of Barboursville rests on his cane in December 2001 during the Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony sponsored by the Huntington Marine Corps. League.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Weber bows his head for prayer during the 66th Anniversary Remember Pearl Harbor Ceremony on Dec. 7, 2007, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
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Smoke and flames are seen as the magazine explodes on the destroyer USS Shaw during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo. (AP Photo/File)
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Herbert Colker of Huntington has kept in touch with George Neel of France since Neel provided him with shelter during a major World War II battle. They are pictured here in September 1997.
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World War II veteran and member of the American Legion Post 47, Jack Forte holds his hand over his heart in November 2002 during the Pledge of Allegiance at a Veterans Day ceremony in Huntington.
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Brothers Merrill Smith, left, of the Marines, Clair Smith of the Air Force and James Smith of the Airforce served in World War II. They are shown here in November 2000.
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Justin Clark of Den 4, Cub Scout Pack 36, places an American Flag on the grave of World War II Navy veteran Jackie L. Adkins at Rome Cemetery in Proctorville, Ohio, on May 24, 1998. The Cub Scouts were putting out the flags as part of an effort to attain the Presidential Summit Award, a community service honor. To receive the award they must do 12 hours of community service a year through the year 2000. Decorating the graves was their first project for 1998 and approximately 10 scouts took part, as well as parents and volunteers from the local VFW Post.
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Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Herschel "Woody" Williams gives our nation's flag a proper hand salute while Caleb Donahoe sings the National Anthem during the 66th Anniversary Remember Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2007, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.
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Ken Hechler speaks during the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena to mark the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hechler was a World War II combat historian.
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Harold Skeens manned this tank during his time in World War II. On the back of the photo it reads, "Our tank. Take good care of it and don't give it away. Harold."
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Raymond Christian served as an electrician in the Navy from 1943 to 1947. He was stationed in the Pacific during World War II. He was on three different ships during the war, including the U.S.S. Furse DD 882 gunship.
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Veterans and their families greet each other as American Legion Post 16 hosts its World War II 60th Anniversary banquet to honor veterans Sept. 2, 2005.
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T. Sargeant Tice Johnson served in the United States Army during World War II
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Hamlet and Carrie Smith pose outside their home at Shoals during World War II. The five stars in the window represent five of their sons who were in the service at the time.
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J. C. Sovine was one of the best known educators in the history of Putnam County. He and his beloved wife, Elizabeth Moore Sovine, were county leaders of many years. He served as the principal at Hurricane High School, one year at Winfield before entering World War II where he served as a U. S. Army Captain. He was a principal at George Washington Middle School. He was probably best known for his years of service as superintendent of Putnam County Schools.
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American Legion Post 47 commander Detroit Lewis, right, and fellow post member Jack Forte salute the American flag during the playing of the national anthem during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony at Harris Riverfront Park in December 2000.
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Pearl Harbor survivors T.R. Wickline and Wetzel Sanders listen in December 2002 as speakers from the Marine Corps League Detachment 340 speak in remembrance of attack on Pearl Harbor during a Pearl Harbor Ceremony at the Huntington Civic Arena.
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John E. Landers holds a commemorative medal in December 2002 for the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor given to survivors of the attack. Landers was serving his first year in the Navy when he was stationed at Pearl Harbor and survived the attack.
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The original crew of the the USS Blue on her maiden voyage in 1937. (AP Photo/File)
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Pearl Harbor survivor T.R. Wickline pays tribute during the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2007, at the Harris Riverfront Park.
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In February 2006, Keith and Patricia Harrison of Huntington display a letter that Keith had written to Patricia while aboard an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific in 1946. The two had written 1,600 letters to each other during World War II.
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Clockwise from left, Walt Pugsley of Randolph, N.J., Bill Bizzell of Cleveland, Miss., John Dumont of Peterstown, W.Va., David Smith of Proctorville, Ohio, and Jack Amphlett of Naples, Fla., served together during World War II. The five former B24 bomber flight crew members held a reunion in October 2005 at Smith's Proctorville home.
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Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., left, listens to a March 1945 pilots briefing in Italy. Davis, son of the military's first black general, played a significant role in helping integrate the armed forces. He led the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and was the first black to become an Air Force general. (Library of Congress/File)
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Mae Daniel holds a 1937 photo of her late husband Elmer, who passed away May 20, 2000, on the family farm near Barboursville. Elmer Daniel was one of seven brothers who actively served the Navy in World War II. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)
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Miki Crawford, right, and her mother, Fumika Tomita Ward, pose for a photo on Nov. 26, 2007, at Ward's South Point home. Ward is one of thousands of Japanese war brides who married U.S. soldiers and became citizens of the United States following World War II.
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Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams speaks during the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony Dec. 7, 2008, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena to mark the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Woody Williams, shown in November 2001, received the Medal of Honor for taking out several Japanese pill boxes during World War II.
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Walter Crabtree of Ashland looks over some of his medals he received in World War II in June 1999. He served two years with Merrill's Marauders.
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Frederick J. Altizer of Barboursville manned a Jeep-mounted machine gun for the 116th Cavalry Mech. during World War II.
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Irene Pelfrey, widow of Curtis E. Pelfrey, receives a sign replica during a bridge dedication ceremony Aug. 24, 2006, in Melissa. Pelfrey served as a radio operator with the U.S. Army Air Corps' Air Transport Command in World War II. He completed 78 missions over the "Hump," a desolate, dangerous north-south spur of the Himalayas in the China-Burma-India Theater characterized by dense jungles, uncivilized natives and violent weather.
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Fred S. Wood of Chesapeake, Ohio, survived four months of heavy combat in Italy in 1944. Wood was awarded two Purple Hearts and Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in ground combat during World War II. He is shown here in November 1999.
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Frederick J. Altizer of Barboursville served as a replacement to "B" troop, 116th Cavalry Mech. during World War II.
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Shown in November 2001, Bob Weber has a scrapbook filled with old black and white photos from his days stationed in Pearl Harbor during World War II.
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A flag waves over Pearl Harbor as dawn breaks before the start of ceremonies marking the 62nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 2003, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)
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John Landers, shown in November 2001, holds framed mementos from his time in military service during the attack on Pearl Harbor and World War II.
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After the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, a small boat rescued a seaman from the burning USS West Virginia, with the USS Tennessee smoking nearby.
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During World War II, Elmore Workman of Kenova served on the USS Dyson, seen here at Mare Island on Sept. 27, 1944.
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Letty Quate of Ceredo holds a photo in March 2003 of she and her Wave Quarter as they marched in the funeral procession of Franklin Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., in April 1945. Quate, a World War II veteran, served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 until 1947.
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World War II veteran John Cremeans discusses his war experiences during a recording session March 25, 2005, at Huntington's American Legion Post 16. Cremeans made the recording for the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress as part of the Veterans History Project to record and save the memories of World War II veterans.
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In May 2001, Ted Kirk, holding an earlier portrait of himself, of Barboursville said he was in the U.S. Army less than six months when he experienced firsthand the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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World War II veteran Charles Trautwein, shown in May 2005.
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Elmore Workman, right, and Louis Volk served in the Navy during World War II.
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The U.S.S. West Virginia is shown in 1942 after it was destroyed in the Pearl Harbor attacks.
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Shown here in December 2002, John E. Landers had been in the Navy less than a year when he survived the attack at Pearl Harbor. "Hell yes, I was scared. It was just unbelievable," Landers said. Landers was off duty when the attack occurred and "did anything I could do to help people out."
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More than two dozen trucks loaded with scrap metal, glass and paper fill the 800 block of 5th Avenue during ceremonies marking a successful local World War II scrap drive circa 1942. The big building at top center is City Hall.
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With the Lincoln Memorial in the background, visitors tour the World War II Memorial in Washington on April 29, 2004. The national monument honors the 16 million U.S. men and women who served during World War II. (AP Photo/Adele Starr)
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The past commander of VFW Honor Guard of Huntington and other Honor Guard members stand proudly as patriotic music is played during a Pearl Harbor Ceremony at the Huntington Civic Arena in December 2002.
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Ken Hechler files a report as a World War II combat historian.
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Army Capt. John MacAdoff of Huntington was a prisoner of the Japanese under horrible conditions during World War II. MacAdoff, a Pennsylvania native, spent time recuperating at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., when it was known as Ashford Military Hospital. That's where he met his future wife, Elsie Lucas. After they married, they settled in Huntington where he owned an Esso gasoline station and worked for General Tire.
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Huntington East High School majorettes -- the school's first set -- pose on the steps of City Hall on V-E Day, May 8, 1945, as they celebrate the end of fighting in World War II's European Theater. The girls are, from left, first row, Joyce Hinshaw (Price), Patty Fulks (Culp), Janora Edwards (Hall) and Nancy Marvin (Wallace); second row, Jeannie Prince (Coleman), Mildred Corn (Cartwright), Joann Cutwright (Evans) and Dora Kellerman (Harshbarger).
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Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Weber recited the Pledge of Allegiance during the City of Huntington's observance of the National Day of Prayer on May 1, 2008, at the the Cabell County Courthouse.
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Marine Corps veterans Hershel "Woody" Williams and Raymond Cartwright salute the flag in December 2002 as the National Anthem is played during the Pearl Harbor Ceremony at the Huntington Civic Arena.
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Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor George W. Kelley talks with other veterans as American Legion Post 16 hosts its World War II 60th Anniversary banquet to honor veterans Sept. 2, 2005.
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Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Weber lead the Pledge of Allegiance at the Cabell County Courthouse as part of National Day of Prayer on May 3, 2007, in Huntington.
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World War II veteran Thomas Olson displays a photo of himself in military uniform May 23, 2008, at his home in Huntington.
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Veteran Louie Torlone holds up a 1946 issue of Life magazine and displays a collection of photos and certificates Dec. 4, 2008, at his home in Huntington. When Pearl Harbor was struck, Louie was a junior at Logan High School. One month after he graduated high school, he joined the Marine Corps. He was 21 when he fought at Iwo Jima.
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