Lincoln College and Lincoln
Heritage Museum Host Virtual Pearl Harbor Ceremony
Remembering Pearl Harbor: A Survivor Tells
Her Story
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[December 05, 2020]
Please join Lincoln College and Lincoln Heritage Museum in honoring
those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941
with a virtual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony. The Ceremony will
be posted on the Lincoln Heritage Museum Facebook page on Monday,
December 7th, 2020 at 12 p.m.
The Ceremony will consist of words of prayer and remembrance by
Pastor John Johnson, the National Anthem sung by Sydney Worth, and
keynote speaker and Pearl Harbor survivor, Dorinda Nicholson. When
Pearl Harbor was attacked, Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson and her
family were living near the tip of the Pearl City Peninsula, only a
few hundred yards from the USS Utah, the first ship to be attacked.
Dorinda was only 6 years old when she witnessed the attack on Pearl
Harbor but she is able to vividly recount the traumatic event.

During the Virtual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony, Dorinda shares
the story of how she and her family fled to nearby sugar cane fields
to hide from Japanese torpedo pilots, and the terrifying night spent
in darkness awaiting another possible attack. Dorinda also recounts
stories of her Japanese-American neighbors and how differently they
were treated in the aftermath of the attack.
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Dorinda has written two books about Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor Child is her
first book, which tells her own story, followed by Pearl Harbor Warriors, winner
of several national awards, that tells the story of a US Marine onboard the USS
West Virginia when it was attacked, and a Japanese torpedo pilot involved in the
second wave of the attack.
The Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony can be found on Facebook at @LincolnHeritage
starting at 12 pm on Monday, December 7th.
[Lauren D. Grenlund]
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