Thoughts for the day -- Pearl Harbor

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in today’s New York Crimes:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/us/08pearl.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/us/08pearl.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Since that terrible morning 65 years ago, the survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor have been called heroes, V.I.P.’s of the greatest generation, and the first American witnesses to the last world war. But more and more, the members of this exclusive group are being called something else: endangered.</p>

<p>With age and aching joints slowing even the most hardy of old sailors, marines and airmen, the major national survivors group has decided this year’s anniversary gathering will be its last in Hawaii…

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