Pearl Harbor letter read publicly for the first time

Eighty-one years ago today, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Oceanside where a woman who witnessed the attack is reading a letter her mother wrote about that terrible day publicly for the first time. Buried in a box in a closet for decades, Barbara Brown says it is time to share the words with the world.

"That's my mom and dad," said Barbara showing pictures from her childhood. In California in 1940, Barbara's parents announced their family would be taking a voyage. "This is our boat ticket to Hawaii for the family," said Barbara. A year later on December 7, 1941, Barbara's life changed forever. "We had no idea at all," said Barbara. It was on a Sunday morning when Barbara looked up into the Honolulu sky and could only see enemy planes. "I was five years old," said Barbara.

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