Remembering Pearl Harbor

Remembering Pearl Harbor

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FORT PAYNE, ALA.-- JSU Little River Canyon,  a  Pearl Harbor Memorial on December 7th.  

American Legion Post 89, Post 39 Honor Guard from Valley Head, along with Trenton and  Fort Payne High School JROTC members, remembered the over 2000 who lost their lives in 1941 when the Japanese conducted a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. 

General Sparks and Mark Abrams read the names of those lost from the state of Alabama.  

Following the remembrance, WWII Veteran Eugene Monroe, US Navy Retired, tossed a wreath into Little River Canyon Falls. 

The Pearl Harbor memorial was begun by John Keller, Army, Vietnam who has passed away.

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