The Biggest Media Event in the World for One Day: The Pearl Harbor 70th

by Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., December 9, 2011

The press rose to the occasion.

AP journalist Audrey McAvoy opened her article on the 70th anniversary gathering in Pearl Harbor with these poignant words: “In wheelchairs and on walkers, the old veterans came Wednesday to remember the day 70 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR’s ‘date that will live in infamy’ is becoming a more distant memory.”

For the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of Pearl Harbor and the final great gathering of warriors who survived the “date that will live in infamy” the national and international press corps came in droves. It was the lead story in local and national papers from St. Louis to London.

They came because they knew that this event was the last of its kind in all of history. It was the final gathering of ancient warriors from a battle that launched the war that defined the modern world.

As of today, more than 5900 media outlets published articles on the Pearl Harbor gathering this week. Signifiant articles were published by USA Today, CNN, The Washington Post, St. Louis Times Dispatch, the UK Guardian, The London Daily Mail, Time, the UK Telegraph and many others.

Pearl Harbor was not the only location to honor the last living veterans of December 7, 1941, date that will live in infamy. Survivors showed up around the nation and at local events. A team representing Vision Forum Ministries went to Fredericksburg, Texas where they met, interviewed and honored some of the seven living Pearl Harbor veterans there.

Men came to their city events. A team representing Vision Forum Ministries went to Fredricksburg and interviewed and honored the seven living Pearl Harbor veterans there.