Remembering Pearl Harbor

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NEWBURGH – At nearly the same hour the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 80 years earlier, a commemoration was conducted Tuesday on the Newburgh city waterfront to honor those killed in the attack.

The surprise attack also marked this country’s entrance into World War II, followed by a victory over Japan and Germany nearly four years later that earned America the world power status it still enjoys today.

“Sixteen million folks participated in the war, veterans both men and women,” said Chris Eachus, who chaired the commemoration. “And as of today, there a little over 240,000 left, WW II vets.”

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus, a lieutenant commander in the naval reserves, was the keynote speaker at the commemoration, and he just returned from Pearl Harbor.

“I came back yesterday, and it means a lot to me by seeing it firsthand there,” he said. “There are still bullet holes in the buildings.”

Tuesday’s commemoration ended with wreaths and flowers being tossed into the Hudson River.




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