Charleston Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony
By Airman 1st Class Joshua R. Maund
| Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs | Dec. 10, 2018
Attendees recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the 77th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day recognition ceremony Dec. 7, 2018, onboard USS Yorktown Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Service members and civilians from Joint Base Charleston were among the approximately 200 people who attended the event to honor the service and sacrifice of those who died in the Pearl Harbor attacks on Dec. 7, 1941. In all, more than 2,403 U.S. service members and civilians lost their lives, including 25 from South Carolina. The ceremony featured speeches from three veterans present during the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the laying of over 90 wreaths and a 21-gun salute. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua R. Maund)
A volunteer proceeds the side of USS Yorktown carrying a wreath during the 77th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day recognition ceremony Dec. 7, 2018, onboard USS Yorktown at Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Service members and civilians from Joint Base Charleston were among the approximately 200 people attended the event to honor the service and sacrifice of those who died in the Pearl Harbor attacks on Dec. 7, 1941. In all, more than 2,403 U.S. service members and civilians lost their lives, including 25 from South Carolina. The ceremony featured speeches from three veterans present during the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the laying of over 90 wreaths and a 21-gun salute. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Maund) (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua R. Maund)
U.S. Navy veterans perform a 21-gun salute during the 77th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day recognition ceremony Dec. 7, 2018, onboard USS Yorktown at Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Service members and civilians from Joint Base Charleston were among the approximately 200 people attended the event to honor the service and sacrifice of those who died in the Pearl Harbor attacks on Dec. 7, 1941. In all, more than 2,403 U.S. service members and civilians lost their lives, including 25 from South Carolina. The ceremony featured speeches from three veterans present during the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the laying of over 90 wreaths and a 21-gun salute. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua R. Maund)
Two members from the Fleet Reserve Association, branch number 269, cast a wreath over the side of USS Yorktown during the 77th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day recognition ceremony Dec. 7, 2018, at Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Service members and civilians from Joint Base Charleston were among the approximately 200 people attended the event to honor the service and sacrifice of those who died in the Pearl Harbor attacks on Dec. 7, 1941. In all, more than 2,403 U.S. service members and civilians lost their lives, including 25 from South Carolina. The ceremony featured speeches from three veterans present during the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the laying of over 90 wreaths and a 21-gun salute (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua R. Maund)
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Attendees recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the 77th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day recognition ceremony Dec. 7, 2018, onboard USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Service members and civilians from Joint Base Charleston were among the approximately 200 people who attended the event to honor the service and sacrifice of those who died in the Pearl Harbor attacks on Dec. 7, 1941. In all, more than 2,403 U.S. service members and civilians lost their lives, including 25 from South Carolina. The ceremony featured speeches from three veterans present during the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the laying of over 90 wreaths and a 21-gun salute.