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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Each December 7 the USS KIDD Veterans Museum commemorates the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The observance is held aboard the USS KIDD beginning at 11:55 a.m. – at the exact moment when the uncoded message "Air Raid on Pearl Harbor. This is Not Drill" was sent at 7:55 a.m. in Hawaii in 1941. This event is free and open to the public. The event commemorates the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii in which over 2,400 Americans were killed. Among those lost were Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Sr., after whom the USS KIDD is named, and 45 native sons of Louisiana. "Pearl Harbor echoes into the present day," said Tim NesSmith, USS KIDD Educational Outreach Coordinator. "The current situation with North Korea is a perfect example what with economic sanctions, a foreign state seeking to catch up to larger...