European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. December 9, 1986 the stars and stripes pages service Marks anniversary of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Hawaii a four f-4 Phan Tom jets screamed overhead sunday and one veered Oil to create the symbolic missing Man formation end ing a minute or silence on the 45th anniversary of the Wjk alack that brought the United Laws int world War 11. Top military officers representatives of veterans and patriotic groups and local dignitaries gathered on the Arizona memorial for a 45-Minule ceremony to observe the anniversary of the sneak attack. One by one representatives of the military services anymore than a dozen civilian groups pulled blossoms from Floral wreaths and dropped them into the Harbor. The tribute to the 2,403 americans killed in inc dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pear Harbor and other Mili tary installations on the Island of Oahu included a warning that the United states must never again allow itself to be caught off guard. With All the keen vision imparted by Hindsight we May rightly Marvel at the complacency we showed then in a world aflame with War and with a deteriorating diplomatic situation said vice adm. Hunting Lon Hardisty Deputy commander of the . Pacific Fleet. We consistently underestimated the potential enemy s willingness and ability to do us harm Hardisty said. Soviet military doctrine relics on getting a Quick decisive blow struck before the adversary can fully collect his forces or even his thoughts he said. It is not a new idea As this memorial attests. Our Pacific strategy of ready Forward deployed forces Demon Strates that we will not be caught off  on that sunday morning 45 years ago More than100 japanese planes were launched from six aircraft carriers in a naval task Force that had made its Way undetected to a position 240 Miles North of  Surprise was Complete As 24 torpedo planes and dive bombers in the first wave swept across the Island from the North. The first bombs fell As preparations were being made for the raising of the Flag on the 96 ships that were in port that morning. In less than two hours. Inc . Pacific reel was devastated with 18 major warships either sunk or seriously  them was the battleship Arizona which was hit jus Forward of the Bridge by a bomb that penetrated several decks before exploding in a fuel storage area. Vice adm. Huntington Hardisty addresses gathering marking 45th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor. Fire quickly spread 10 the powder magazines and 15 minutes after die attack began the Arizona exploded and Sank in less than nine minutes. Of about 1,500 sailors and marines aboard the Arizona that morning. 1,177 were killed. More than 1,000 remain entombed in the ship. No one knows for sure How Many men were aboard the Arizona at the Lime of the attack said Mark Tanaka Sanders supervisory Ranger for Park operations at the memorial which is run by the National Park service. And the number of survivors is not certain he said because the Navy first provided a figure of 289 and later a list of 330 survivors. The gleaming while memorial built in 1962, spans the encrusted Hulk of the ship from which Oil still seeps to cast a Rainbow like Sheen on the Harbor. The Only part of the Arizona above the water is the foun Dation for the no. 3 gun Turret. Last Pear Harbor ship retired by coast guard Portsmouth a. A each Crew member gave a final Salute to the american Flag flying from the coast guard Cutler Taney As the last Active duty ship to have taken part in the Bat tic of Pearl Harbor was retired sunday on the anniversary of inc attack. Survivors of the Surprise attack that Drew the United slates into world War ii looked on As the 129 crewmen of the Taney marched Down inc Gangway to the pier Al the coast guard support Center. The skipper cmdr. Winston g. Churchill was the last to leave the ship. One of 101 ships at Pearl Harbor on dec. 7,1941, the Taney is credited with fighting off japanese aircraft aiming for a Power Plant. The next Day it dropped a depth charge that Sank an enemy submarine. The 327-Fooi Taney went on to serve in Korea and Vietnam before taking up the traditional coast guard duties of Law enforcement and search and Rescue. It s time to rest the old bucket of bolts said George Laitner of Omaha neb., a Taney crewmen from 1941-43. That s one of the nicer things we called it. It s done its Job for 50  Laitner. 64, remembered loading shells into a 3-Inch anti aircraft gun that fired from the ship s Bow at japanese plane screaming overhead. As part of the decommissioning ceremony a Wreath was losses Over Board in memory of the 2.403 Ameri cans who died at Pearl Harbor. Man pulled from icy Creek Dies after 2-Day struggle Iowa City Iowa up1 a traffic Accident victim brought Back to life two Days ago after an hour Long immersion in a icy Creek died sunday apparently drowning in water that filled his lungs a Hospital official said. A spokeswoman at University Hospi Tal said Douglas Radloff 41, died Sun Day afternoon. The cause of death was listed As Freshwater drowning she said. The water in his lungs seemed to be something Loo serious Lor his body to Cope with on top of everything else the spokeswoman said. Radloff had no heartbeat and his body temperature had dropped to 75 degrees when firefighters pulled his lifeless body from a Creek Friday morning. His eyes were fixed and dilated. He was rushed by helicopter 10 University Hospital in Iowa City where Doc tors restored life to his body by drawing his blood gradually warming it through Aheart lung machine and then pumping it Back into his body. About 3 hours and 20 minutes after he was pulled from the water Radloff body temperature had risen to 92 degrees and a faint heat Beal was detected. A zip a Dee Doo Dah Christmas 1 needs that Snow to make it a real. Christmas brer Bear How come. It s snowing owe band orests make perfect no Falu Sands of tirru1 in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 9, 1946 at a meeting of for eign ministers in new York the Unile Stales proposed that big four Powers re Duce their occupation troops m Europe to a local of 620,000 men by april 1947,and withdraw one fourth to one third More by april 1948. 30 years ago foe a. Dec 9, 1956 scientists sent a Viking rocket 125 Miles High from Patrick fab fja., to test instruments and gather information for use in the first satellite launch planned for i9s7. 20 years ago today. Dec. 9, 1966 president Johnson announced in Austin Texas that the United states the soviet Union another countries had reached agreement on a treaty drafted by a . Committee that would bar nuclear weapons from outer space. 10 years ago today. Dec. 9, 1976 Kurt Waldheim accepted a second five year term As Secre tary general of the United nations in new York