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PEARL HARBOR, HI - DECEMBER 7: Lois Deininger of San Francisco, cries as she watches her father, Pearl Harbor survivor, Edward Gaulrapp, 84, of Freeport, Illinois saluting in his chief's uniform, during the commemoration marking the 66th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack , Friday, Dec. 7, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Gaulrapp was in the enlisted mans barracks during the attack and saw the Arizona being bombed. He was given a rifle to shoot down the incoming japanese aircraft and says "there was no way to shoot down planes with weapons but it made us feel better'.

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