Pearl Harbor remembered by man who was nearby
When he was reminded that the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was this week, George Pann took a few moments to reflect on his memory of the event.
Pann, now 100 years old and living at Magnolia Place of Saxonburg, was at Fort Ruger in Hawaii for his Army service at the time. After hearing the sirens, the rest of the day was a blur, but he has some specific memories of the actions of the military personnel.
“When we heard the alert, we went down to our section of the beach and converged,” Pann said. “We put our guns down and had to bury the back end of the guns in the sand to prepare for the recoil.”
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