BATTLESHIP TEXAS PEARL HARBOR CEREMONY: Paying 
tribute ... details ahead on Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, few were 
prepared for what happened. 

"We interrupt this program to bring you a special news 
bulletin - the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, 
Hawaii by air, President Roosevelt has just announced. 
The attack also was made on all naval and military 
activities on the principle island of Oahu."

The following day, President Roosevelt addressed a 
stunned nation. 

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in 
infamy. United States of American was suddenly and 
deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the 
Empire of Japan."

Saturday we honor the men and women who lost their 
lives and those who survived - during a special 
ceremony on Battleship Texas. Barry Ward.
 
"The memory of that day is something that should not 
pass from our collective conscious. We do it specifically 
here on the Battleship Texas, because the Texas was such an 
integral part of our effort in both world wars. 
And is kind of a natural fit, it's quite representative 
of what men and women from America did in those wars 
to make the world a better place."

The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 3. 
For more information and directions to the site, visit the 
calendar section of the TPWD web site.

That's our show for today ... for Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.