Students hear story of kinship after war

By Mary Vorsino

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 08, 2012

~~<p>Some 6,000 Hawaii students at 170 schools statewide commemorated the 71st anniversary of Dec. 7, 1941, by learning about the improbable friendship of a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Japanese fighter pilot.</p>
<p>In simultaneous events Friday afternoon, children were read "Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship," a book that recounts the story of two World War II veterans: American Marine Richard Fiske and Zenji Abe, who flew one of the dive bombers that attacked Pearl Harbor.</p>
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Some 6,000 Hawaii students at 170 schools statewide commemorated the 71st anniversary of Dec. 7, 1941, by learning about the improbable friendship of a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Japanese fighter pilot.

In simultaneous events Friday afternoon, children were read "Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship," a book that recounts the story of two World War II veterans: American Marine Richard Fiske and Zenji Abe, who flew one of the dive bombers that attacked Pearl Harbor. Login for more...