Pearl Harbor Anniversary Day Ceremonies at City Hall

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Richard Patterson Jr. - Moderator
William Walsh - President of New York USO
Thomas Kelly - Congressional Medal of Honor Winner
Vice Admiral John McCain - military representative to the U.N. for the U.S.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner

Walsh speaks of Pearl Harbor and reads from a letter from a solider in Vietnam. Kelly reminiscences about WWII and speaks on behalf of the soldiers in Vietnam: they died so that others may live. McCain pays tribute to the soldiers who fought and currently fight for freedom. Wagner speaks last.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


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Municipal archives id: T1486

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