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John Sekelsky of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. says he remembers he was ice skating on a big lake when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He was in high school at the time but later enlisted in the Air Corps and served in England with the 487 Bomb Group. Here he gets a tour of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. with Dave Benbennick of the Honor Flight network before the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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