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By Carl Bialik
Seventy-five years after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and pushed the U.S. to enter World War II, some American veterans of the battle are in Hawaii to commemorate the anniversary Wednesday. Their numbers are dwindling fast, as are those of all World War II veterans.
âI never will forget as long as I live,â Ray Chavez, age 104, told a local television station after arriving in Honolulu this week. He was referring to the battle that killed more than 2,000 American soldiers, destroyed more than 150 planes and damaged 19 ships. The events of what Franklin Roosevelt called âa date which will live in infamyâ still consume the thoughts of its battleâs survivors, some of whom go to Pearl Harbor each year on Dec.
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