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Bishop Ryokan Ara of the Tendai Mission in Honolulu delivered a blessing at the ceremony.
PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS SOMERS STEELMAN / U.S. NAVY
The sixth-annual Blackened Canteen peace and reconciliation ceremony was held Tuesday at the USS Arizona Memorial with, from left, Shiro Wakita, World War II Japanese navy pilot; Dr. Hiroya Sugano, director general of the Zero Fighter Admirers Club; Jack DeTour, former Army colonel and World War II B-25 bomber pilot; and Jerry Yellin, former Army captain and World War II P-51 fighter pilot, pouring bourbon whiskey into the harbor.
PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS SOMERS STEELMAN / U.S. NAVY
Yellin embraced Sugano.
PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS SOMERS STEELMAN / U.S. NAVY
The canteen is a relic of an air raid over Shizuoka, Japan, in 1945. It is used for pouring bourbon whiskey as an offering to the spirits of the fallen.
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The audience listens to Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band during a performance and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the "Greatest Generation" vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. This is Kerry Albritton and her father Cliff Burks showing the Pearl Harbor book that Cliff just signed. Burks is from Buckley, Washington.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the "Greatest Generation" vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. This is (l-r) Stuart "Stu" Hedley, George Blake, Jack Holder and Tom Petso signing their name on the Pearl Harbor map where they were at the time of the attack.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the “Greatest Generation” vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. This is Michael "Mickey" Ganitch (97, from the Bay Area, Ca.) giving Suki Stone a kiss on her hand.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the “Greatest Generation” vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. These 3 Pearl Harbor survivors greet each other before their press conference (l-r) Stuart “Stu” Hedley, Jack Holder and Ed Stone.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the “Greatest Generation” vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. This is Bianca Coronado taking a selfie with 3 of the Pearl Harbor survivors (l-r) Stuart “Stu” Hedley, Jack Holder and Ed Stone.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the "Greatest Generation" vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Lt. Dawn Stankus was there to help escort the Pearl Harbor survivors and Edward W. Stone suddenly gave her a kiss and said I hope you don't mind. Which Stankus said "it was an honor to be kissed by you."
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the “Greatest Generation” vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. This is Lauren Pritchett getting a surprise kiss on the lips (I think they both thought it was going to be a kiss on the cheek, but when they turned to each other, it was a kiss on the lips) by Edward Stone (93, Syracuse, NY). They both had a good laugh. He said he was on the USS PYRO.
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About 30 Pearl Harbor Survivors with the "Greatest Generation" vets meet and greet with visitors at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. After 94 year old Thomas Pestso was taken off the Pearl Harbor survivor's bus at the visitor center, Mary Heath posed for a picture and before she knew it, Pesto planted a kiss on her cheek.
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WWII and Korean War veteran Elmer Shapiro, middle, dances with Liz Glater of San Diego during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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An overflow crowd watches during a performance by the Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII US Navy veteran Burke Waldron, of Utah, smiles during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII US Navy veteran Burke Waldron, of Utah, dances with vocalist Molly Callinan of the Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII US Navy veteran Burke Waldron, of Utah, dances during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII US Navy veteran Burke Waldron, of Utah, dances during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII US Navy veteran Burke Waldron, of Utah, dances during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII US Navy veteran Burke Waldron, of Utah, dances during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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WWII and Korean War veteran Elmer Shapiro, left, takes a photo of Liz Glater of San Diego during a performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise, right, points to the audience during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise, bottom right, plays his bass on the stairs during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Civilians and Army soldiers watch during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise smiles while talking to members of the media prior to a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise, left, plays his bass guitar while grooving with vocalist Molly Callinan during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Veteran and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Donald E. Ballard closes his eyes while listening to music by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band during a performance and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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Actor and musician Gary Sinise plays his bass guitar during a performance by the Lt. Dan Band and the Sunset on the Beach event in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Monday, December 5, 2016 at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu.
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