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Central Pennsylvania Pearl Harbor survivor reminisces in 2013 interview

  • Scott LaMar
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Beautiful card for a memorable event. Closeup, no people. National holiday concept. Congratulations for family, relatives, friends and colleagues

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Beautiful card for a memorable event. Closeup, no people. National holiday concept. Congratulations for family, relatives, friends and colleagues

Airdate: December 7, 2022

December 7th, 1941. On this day, 81 years ago, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to bring the United States into World War II.

More than 2,400 U.S. Navy, Army, Marines and civilians were killed in the attack.

Henry “Hank” Heim of New Cumberland was 22 years of age and stationed at Hickham Airfield at Pearl Harbor that day. He told his heroic story on WITF in 2013 and was joined by retired Brigidier General Harold Nelson, who was the former U.S. Army’s Chief of Military History.

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