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A sailor stands and salutes on an open structure over water, as fellow sailors stand holding weapons in a row nearby.

Saluting a Survivor

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Leland Harris, assigned to the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Honors and Ceremonial Guard, salutes during an ash scattering ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Harvey E. Smith, Dec. 7, 2014. Smith was serving aboard the USS Ralph Talbot during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.

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