“They still remember” | Two Coal Region men recall the attack on Pearl Harbor on its 25th anniversary in 1966

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The events of that day shaped my life, even though I was a third grader more than a hundred miles from any of the attack sites, with no direct connection to anyone who was there. As I’ve reflected on the 25th anniversary of the events that reshaped our world, my mind kept returning to another day that created a similar “flashbulb memory” for an earlier generation of Americans. Nearly 85 years ago, on December 7, 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and other...