Des Plaines ceremony commemorates Pearl Harbor anniversary
The 76th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that sparked the United States' active involvement in World War II was remembered at a ceremony at the Prairie Lakes Theater in Des Plaines Thursday afternoon.
The Great Lakes Brass Ambassadors took part in the city's annual Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony.
Pearl Harbor survivor Joe Triolo, 97, of Zion points to his ship the U.S.S. Tangier, which he was aboard when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Thursday was the 76th anniversary of the attack, and Des Plaines commemorated it with a ceremony.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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