PISMO BEACH, Calif.
-- The few and the proud will never forget that historic day, when Japanese
fighters flew over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
The moment that
launched the country into World War II.
"It's a long time
ago, a lot of things changed," says Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Griswold."Doesn't
sound so bad now but sure was scared then yet!"
Griswold was on the
battleship USS Tennessee.
"The airplanes flew over with
markings and we were guessing what the markings were and they blew up the
island next to us and we kind of had an idea we had an idea we was in trouble,"
says Griswold.
The event hosted by the F.
McKlintocks family with several survivors. It started in San Luis Obispo and
ended up here.
But each year, it keeps
dwindling, across the country, less than 3,000 survivors remain.
Griswold is one of the last three
survivors gathered here on the Central Coast today.
"And look at us now and we will
do this until the last one."
