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Ron Herzog, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10624 tolls a bell for each South Carolina resident killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor as their names are called out during the 76th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day Ceremony Dec. 7, 2017 on board the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point.
090122-F-OH250-0211.JPG Photo By: Staff Sgt. William A. O'Brien

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. - Ron Herzog, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10624 tolls a bell for each South Carolina resident killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor as their names are called out during the 76th Pearl Harbor Memorial Day Ceremony Dec. 7, 2017 on board the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point. The service, organized by Patriots Point staff in coordination with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10624, included a wreath laying, tolling of a bell and 21 gun salute in memory of each of the 25 known South Carolina service members who were killed during the attack. According to Patriots Point, more than 2,400 U.S. service members, including 68 civilians were killed during the attack. Of the service members killed, 25 were from South Carolina.


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