Three World War II veterans and the grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt will join in a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 7, on board the Battleship USS Iowa.
The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon and is free to the public. The ship, 250 S. Harbor Blvd., is docked in San Pedro, and parking — free for the first hour and $2 an hour after that — is adjacent to the World War II-era vessel.
H. Delano Roosevelt, the former president’s grandson and CEO of the National Council of US-Arab Relations, will be the event’s keynote speaking, sharing insights into the legacy and courage of the “Greatest Generation” from the perspective of his family.
World War II veteran Lloyd Glick — a 101-year-old USS Iowa volunteer — will provide a historical overview of Pearl Harbor, which launched America’s involvement in World War II. Glick served more than two years aboard the USS North Carolina during the war, taking part in 12 major battles in the Pacific. He played trumpet in the ship’s band and has penned an autobiography, “From Bugle Boy to Battleship.”
The other two WWII veterans who will be on hand are:
- Patrick Zilliacus, a Navy submariner with five major battle tours, sinking 17 enemy ships and a radar station. He met FDR in the White House and his father was a minister from Finland. He has written three books in the last year and a half.
- Billy Hall, a Marine who is believed to be the last living veteran to enlist before World War II, and saw combat action in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He made the amphibious landing on Guadalcanal at 16 years old and participated in 150 dive bomb and torpedo bomb missions over Guadalcanal; Pelilu, Munda; Bougainville; and the South Pacific.
Pearl Harbor survivors, veterans and others come together each year on Dec. 7 to remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. Another 1,178 people…
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