By Richard Rooker They came mostly because they needed a job, these boys of Pearl Harbor — Don Stratton and Lauren Bruner. The Great Depression denied them work, so at 19 and 21 they and so many others enlisted in the military. It offered employment, a paycheck, a chance to see the world, and an …read more.

    WARSAW — Members of the American Legion, as well as a small crowd of community members, were in attendance at a brief Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony this morning. The ceremony was held at the corner of Lake and Center streets, near the memorial by the courthouse, at 11 a.m. Today, Dec. 7, 2016, …read more.

By Dusty Good, Navy Office of Community Outreach PEARL HARBOR — As the nation pauses to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred 75 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, the occasion has special meaning for a Columbia City native who is serving in the U.S. Navy in the very location that drew the …read more.

WARSAW — American Legion Post 49 will hold its annual Pearl Harbor Day ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing. The ceremony will be held at the corner of Lake and Center streets in Warsaw, near the memorial at the courthouse, and will include a 21-gun salute. …read more.

PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — On Feb. 3, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii Executive Officer Cmdr. Scott Cloyd presented Steelworker 2nd Class William H. Baird, of LaGrange, with the 2015 command plaque for Junior Sailor of the Year.