DHAKA: About 50 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor paused on Saturday at the site to honour those killed and remember the moment that plunged the US into World War II.

Alvis Taylor, 90, was serving as an Army medic when the attack began.

His superiors, who were doctors, rushed to hospitals to care for the wounded and left him in charge. He went to Pearl Harbor, about 29km south of his Army post at Schofield Barracks, with dozens of ambulances.

‘I remember everything that happened that day,’ Taylor said grimly, The Straits Times publishes this report on Sunday.

A crowd of about 2,500 joined the survivors at Pearl Harbor to honour those killed and those who fired back, rescued the burned and went on to serve during the war.

Roughly 2,400 sailors, Marines and soldiers were killed at Pearl Harbor and other military installations on the island of Oahu in the December 7, 1941, attack.

BDST: 1556 HRS, DEC 08, 2013