Sporting KC honors three Pearl Harbor Survivors on Dec. 7

Sporting Kansas City provided a short video of the Dec. 7 ceremony honoring Dorwin Lamkin, Edmund Russell and Jack Carson. It's the feed from the public address system so you can only faintly hear the roar of the crowd's ovation. It was great to have them honored at the Major League Soccer championship game...which they won! After the ceremony in the freezing cold, we were treated to watching the game from the VIP suite.

Here's a link to the Dec. 7 report on Action News, TV-41, in Kansas City, showing interviews of Dorwin Lamkin and Edmund Russell at the annual event held that morning at Sylvester Powell Center in Mission, Kan.
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Pearl Harbor Survivors to hold Dec. 7 event & be honored at Sporting KC MLS Cup game

Mission, Kan. .... Pearl Harbor survivors in Johnson County, Kan., will commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the attack with a reception from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center, 6200 Martway in Mission, Kan. The event is free and the public is invited.

Survivors will recount memories of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that led to U.S. involvement in World War II. A moment of silence will be observed at 11:55 a.m., the Kansas City time the bombing began. A Marine Corps color guard will present the colors, and Mission Mayor Laura McConwell will make a proclamation.

The survivors will also be honored at approximately 3:15 p.m. at the Sporting KC Major League Soccer championship game.

Local Pearl Harbor veterans are:
Jack Carson, 90, Overland Park, Kan. (Army Air Corps)
Dorwin Lamkin, 91, Mission, Kan. (Navy)
Edmund Russell, 96, Lenexa, Kan. (Army Air Corps)
 

A remembrance will also be given in honor of the late Jesse Dunnagan, who had spoken at previous Dec. 7 events. A Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran who lived in Prairie Village, he died in May at age 92.
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