Seniors reminisce about Pearl HarborWORTHINGTON — Seventy-one
years ago, with rumors of war rumbling in the east and a
Japanese threat looming in the west, mothers began preparing
breakfast, farmers stepped into the cold to do morning chores
and children tried to steal a few more minutes of sleep — all
unaware that “a day which will live in infamy” was dawning. By:
Alyson Buschena, Worthington Daily Globe WORTHINGTON — Seventy-
one years ago, with rumors of war rumbling in the east and a
Japanese threat looming in the west, mothers began preparing
breakfast, farmers stepped into the cold to do morning chores
and children tried to steal a few more minutes of sleep — all
unaware that “a day which will live in infamy” was dawning.
Eugene Erlandson spent the night before Dec. 7 guarding the gate
of Wheeler Field, 20 miles north of Pearl Harbor. He was one of
several residents of The Meadows in Worthington who shared their
memories of what transpired that day in 1941. He was walking
home from church the next mornin