A 54th annual Pearl Harbor Day memorial luncheon will be held at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, at Lincoln Inn Banquets, 1345 S. Batavia Avenue in Batavia. The event, including an annual Ted Brattin Youth Awards ceremony, is co-sponsored by Aurora Rotary Club and Navy League Aurora Council 247. Guest...
By Al Benson Aurora’s annual Pearl Harbor Day memorial luncheon saluted World War II veterans and outstanding high school youth. Several hundreds packed Gaslite Manor in Aurora for the 52nd annual event by Navy League Aurora Council and Aurora Rotary Club. Navy League Aurora Council is a nonprofit group supporting...
The 52nd annual Pearl Harbor Day luncheon will be held at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6 sponsored by the Aurora Navy League Council. The event will be at the Gaslite Manor, 2485 Church Road, in Aurora. Tickets, $25 each, will be available at the door.World War II survivors and one...
By Al Benson With a prayer and toasts, a dozen Aurora veterans held an informal Pearl Harbor memorial Monday, the 79th anniversary of the attack by Japan. Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84 was host to the event at its 1 E. Benton Street office. The memorial, sponsored by Navy League...
In recognition of and a memorial to the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.” Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (12/7/1941)...
Everett "Jim" Schlegel, 100, of Elgin, lone Fox Valley area survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack December 7, 1941, receives a standing ovation.
