VIDEO: Remembering Pearl Harbor 80 years later

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WWII Coast Guard Veteran 100th Birthday

Official headshot of Michael J. Swierc, who enlisted in the Coast Guard on Aug. 11, 1942, and trained as a motor machinist’s mate before deploying overseas for the first wave of the D-Day invasion. Swierc, who turned 100 years old on Nov. 6, 2021, received the Bronze Star Medal for helping save 126 Allied troops from drowning in the English Channel on June 6, 1944. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Pam Manka)

On Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sending the United States into World War II. We remember those events of 80 years ago.

In this video Capt. Andrew Joca, commanding officer, Coast Guard Base Honolulu, reflects on his grandfather, Chief Petty Officer Robert L. Scott, U.S. Navy, experiences during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Scott was stationed at U.S. Sub Base Pearl Harbor during the attack.