Norco ceremony marks 83rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

For the 18th year, Norco recalled the surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941.

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With music and words, residents and veterans staged another Pearl Harbor Commemorative Ceremony.

Organized by the Lake Norconian Club Foundation, the Saturday, Dec. 7, event was at George A. Ingalls Veterans Memorial Plaza in Norco.

The solemn event paid tribute to veterans and their families while honoring those killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Scheduled speakers included Capt. Joseph C. Burgon, commanding officer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division in Norco. The event also featured the All-Forces National Cemetery Honor Guard, the Olivas Sisters, the Dark Pipers and the Paul Revere Naval Cadets.

“Pearl Harbor was a promise made and a symbol that we must never forget those who stood in harm’s way and defended our nation,” a news release states.

Norco is a fitting spot to mark the Pearl Harbor attack, the release states, because the first patients to arrive at the old Norco Naval Hospital in late February 1942 were victims of the attack.

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