Remembering Pearl Harbor: Spokane widow, eye witness gather as survivor group dwindles on 81st anniversary

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Wed., Dec. 7, 2022

A Pearl Harbor remembrance day wreath is displayed on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Pearl Harbor memorial outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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Vina Mikkelsen, the widow of Pearl Harbor survivor Denis Mikkelsen, arrives before a remembrance day event Wednesday at the Pearl Harbor memorial outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.

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Vina Mikkelsen, the widow of Pearl Harbor survivor Denis Mikkelsen, who was on the USS West Virginia during the attack, listens as Brian Newberry speaks during a Pearl Harbor remembrance day event on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Pearl Harbor memorial outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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Vina Mikkelsen, the widow of Pearl Harbor survivor Denis Mikkelsen, who was on the USS West Virginia during the attack, looks at a Pearl Harbor remembrance day wreath as Brian Newberry speaks during a remembrance event on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Pearl Harbor memorial outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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Vina Mikkelsen, the widow of Pearl Harbor survivor Denis Mikkelsen, who was on the USS West Virginia during the attack, places a lei on a Pearl Harbor remembrance day wreath during a remembrance event on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Pearl Harbor memorial outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Snider, who was 8 at the time of the attack places a lei on a Pearl Harbor remembrance day wreath during a remembrance event on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at the Pearl Harbor memorial outside Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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