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021206-N-5812W-001: USS Nevada (BB-36) survivor Woodrow Derby and wife, December 2002

021206-N-5812W-001. USS Nevada (BB-36) survivor Woodrow Derby and wife, December 2002. USS Nevada survivor Woodrow Derby and his wife look silently at photographs and flags they have placed on the USS Nevada Memorial. Derby is in Hawaii as an honored guest for the upcoming Dec. 7, commemoration aboard the USS Arizona Memorial in December 2002. The ceremony will feature guest speaker senior Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii and the attendance of 16 Pearl Harbor survivors and their family members. A wreath-laying by service members from each branch of the U.S. military services, the Governor of Hawaii, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, and more than 20 veteran's groups will also be a part of the ceremony. The commemoration is the 61st since the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and is held to honor the men and women who lost their lives that day. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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Caption: 021206-N-5812W-001. USS Nevada (BB-36) survivor Woodrow Derby and wife, December 2002. USS Nevada survivor Woodrow Derby and his wife look silently at photographs and flags they have placed on the USS Nevada Memorial. Derby is in Hawaii as an honored guest for the upcoming Dec. 7, commemoration aboard the USS Arizona Memorial in December 2002. The ceremony will feature guest speaker senior Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii and the attendance of 16 Pearl Harbor survivors and their family members. A wreath-laying by service members from each branch of the U.S. military services, the Governor of Hawaii, the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, and more than 20 veteran's groups will also be a part of the ceremony. The commemoration is the 61st since the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and is held to honor the men and women who lost their lives that day. Official U.S. Navy photo.
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