Lincoln College and Lincoln Heritage Museum Host Virtual Pearl Harbor Ceremony
Remembering Pearl Harbor: A Survivor Tells Her Story

[December 05, 2020]   LINCOLN - 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.

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]