Every year, the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth commemorates the victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. This year was no different.
Guests listen to comments from a junior sailor at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims of the attack 81 years ago. The ceremony concluded with a wreath laying on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Yeoman 2nd Class Kacie James carries a wreath at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) Yeoman 2nd Class Kacie James carries a wreath at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
District 2 Councilmember Carlos Flores listens to speakers at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Yeoman 2nd Class Kacie James carries a wreathe to the front of the chapel at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class Stephen Rossell, left, Yeoman 2nd Class Kacie James, Yeoman 3rd Class Allen Chatwin and Commander Gregory Hazlett (right) pose for a photo at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Guests bow their heads for prayer at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Command Gregory Hazlett and Air Traffic Controller 2nd Class Harold Miller, the master of ceremonies, conclude a Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Religious Program Specialist Second Class Stephen Rossell, left, Yeoman 2nd Class Kacie James, Yeoman 3rd Class Allen Chatwin and Commander Gregory Hazlett (right) pose for a photo at the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony honoring the victims on Dec. 7 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
“It is important to commemorate the victims of Pearl Harbor because their bravery and courage has not been forgotten and they remain an inspiration to our current and future generations of sailors,” Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class Stephen Rossell said. “Annually, NAS JRB Fort Worth takes pause and recognizes our fallen American heroes from the attacks on Pearl Harbor and also pays tribute to those who later lost their lives in WWII.”
World War II veterans Staff Sgt. Bill McIntire, Yeoman 3rd Class Allen Chatwin, Petty Officer 3rd Class Derrick South, Petty Officer Jack Stowe were in attendance at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Dec. 7.
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