Retired Navy CDR William F. Bundy, Ph.D., NWC Director, VADM Samuel L Gravely, Jr Naval Research Group; Jessica Marino descendant of USS Arizona survivor Raymond Haerry, Sr.; film director Tim Gray; NNOA Eastern Region Vice President LCDR Stacey O’Neal; and a representative from SNA attended a showing of the film Journey Home to the USS Arizona in Newport, RI, Nov. 4. NNOA is a sponsor of the documentary, which follows the family of USS Arizona survivor and Rhode Islander Raymond Haerry on a 5,200-mile journey as they return to Pearl Harbor to place their father/grandfather’s ashes back aboard the great battleship, honoring Haerry’s final wish. Check your local PBS station for broadcast times.
The World War II Foundation was at Pearl Harbor last week, debuting our new Journey Home to the USS Arizona documentary narrated by Matthew Broderick at both the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island and at the USS Arizona Memorial Theatre. In attendance were USS Arizona and other Pearl Harbor survivors, among others.
It is the 19th film we are donating to American Public Television as part of our non-profit educational mission.
The foundation was represented by founder Tim Gray and new CEO, Major General Drew Davis.
We also spent the anniversary of Pearl Harbor on the USS Arizona Memorial filming the ending to one of our 2018 films: Lifeline: Pearl Harbor’s Unknown Hero, which will be narrated by Gary Sinise.
Photos of the events with the USS Arizona survivors, film premieres and medal ceremony for Pearl Harbor hero Joe George’s family are below.
Read more about subject of the 2018 Gary Sinise narrated film by clicking on the below link from the Honolulu Advertiser.
Reading the article first will help explain many of the photos taken in the additional link:
Thank you all for your support in helping us to chronicle these important moments and stories for a global television audience, schools, libraries and others who want to learn more about the personal stories from World War II.
A special thank you to our presenting sponsors of the Journey Home to the USS Arizona film, The Surface Navy Association and American Airlines.
The National Naval Officers Association joins the nation in commemorating Patriot Day. As proclaimed by President Trump, “we honor the nearly 3,000 innocent lives taken from us on September 11, 2001, and all of those who so nobly aided their fellow citizens in America’s time of need. We rededicate ourselves to the ideals that define our country and unite us as one, as we commemorate all the heroes who lost their lives saving others.”
Also watch the inspiring call to action from Hillary O’Neill, one of 13,000 children born on September 11, 2001.
September is Suicide Prevention Month. According to Defense Suicide Prevention Office, there were 266 suicides in the Active Component, 90 in the Reserve Component of the SELRES, and 123 in the National Guard Component of the SELRES Calendar year 2015 annual report. One suicide is too many. So, it’s important to understand that everyone can play a positive role in suicide prevention
The Department of Defense devotes the entire month of September to promoting sustainable community-wide approaches to suicide prevention education and awareness. The Sea Services participate as well. Supporting resources are available from the Navy Personnel Command, the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center and the Coast Guard Office of Work-Life Programs. Suicide prevention is an all hands effort. We all can do our part.
The National Naval Officers Association joins the Department of Defense and the Nation in celebrating Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the struggle of women to gain the right to vote.
Women’s Equality Day is observed Aug. 26 and commemorates the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. The observance has grown to include focusing attention on women’s continued efforts toward gaining full equality. It was officially established by Joint Resolution of Congress in 1971. The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute providesobservance support products.
We salute the remarkable advances of women in government, military service and virtually all aspects of American life that inspire generations of youth to elevate their service to our Nation.
