[PPRAANet] Pearl Harbor Day 1991

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I was a Chief Petty Officer stationed aboard a destroyer in Pearl Harbor  
during 1991. On December 7th, 1991, the 50th anniversary of the bombing of  Pearl 
Harbor, I was on Ford Island operating KH6SP. The station  was activated to 
honor the service men and women killed that day. At 7:55  am, the time the 
attack began, the station owner transmitted the same  message sent out from Hawaii 
50 years earlier. Later, my relief took control of  the station in the home 
of a Navy Chaplain who lived on Ford Island and I walked  outside into the 
bright sunshine very close to the island's runway. The time was  8 am, fifty years 
and 5 minutes since the attack. The air was still and I could  almost hear 
aircraft, guns firing, and massive explosions. I have pictures from  that day 
that I view from time to time and remember.
 
Mike Anderson, WV7T
Chief Petty Officer
USN, RET.