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Pearl Harbor and Hickam Airfield survivor, Frank Karas sits and watches a remembrance ceremony on Atterbury Circle, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2010. On that fateful day back in 1941, Mr. Karas was asleep in the barracks on Hickam Field when the Japanese bombed the two bases, which prompted him to get out of bed and lend a hand in the fight for survival.

Pearl Harbor and Hickam Airfield survivor, Frank Karas sits and watches a remembrance ceremony on Atterbury Circle, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2010. On that fateful day back in 1941, Mr. Karas was asleep in the barracks on Hickam Field when the Japanese bombed the two bases, which prompted him to get out of bed and lend a hand in the fight for survival.

Pearl Harbor and Hickam Airfield survivor, Frank Karas sits and watches a remembrance ceremony on Atterbury Circle, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2010. On that fateful day back in 1941, Mr. Karas was asleep in the barracks on Hickam Field when the Japanese bombed the two bases, which prompted him to get out of bed and lend a hand in the fight for survival.

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