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"Pearl Harbor Memory: Survivor Reflections" was a panel presentation that took place during a "Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, Memorial" summer institute that was sponsored by the AsiaPacificEd Program, East-West Center, Honolulu. The summer institute was part of the Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Schoolteachers supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the We the People Initiative. Additional support for the program was provided by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, the National Park Service and the Japan American Society of Hawaii.

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