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Bend Pearl Harbor survivor attends anniversary event

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December 7, 2019 11:59 pm
Published 9:34 pm

On the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged America into World War II, dozens gathered Saturday at the Bend Heroes Memorial for a special ceremony to honor the 2,400 killed that fateful day.

Among those in attendance: Dick Higgins, a Navy radio operator and Bend's only living Pearl Harbor survivor. Here he shares his memory of those first fateful moments.

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