Thursday morning, exactly 76 years later, they commemorated that day on the U.S.S. New Jersey along the Camden, New Jersey waterfront.
Chopper 6 hovered nearby as a squadron of vintage T-6 Texas Trainer propeller planes flew over a group of veterans and current service members who were gathered on the deck of the historic battleship.
A battleship volunteer played taps and an honor guard cast a wreath into the Delaware River in honor of the more than 2,300 American lives lost on that fateful day.
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