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LIers mark Pearl Harbor's 70th anniversary
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | William Halleran shows a photo of the USS Phoenix as it passes the sunken USS Arizona a few hours after after the attack onPearl Harbor. Halleran was manning a machine gun aboard the USS Phoenix during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. His brother, who died three years ago, was also aboard. (Dec. 3, 2011)
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William Halleran can remember exactly where he was at 5 minutes of 8 on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
At that moment, 70 years ago Wednesday, as strange aircraft swept over the horizon toward the sleepy Pacific Ocean harbor named for its rich harvest of pearl oysters, Halloran feared a great tragedy was about to befall America.
"I was with the executive officer when I heard the first...
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