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Residents recall Pearl Harbor bombing memories
Venice residents share recollections of December 7 1941 as the Sun Coast Gondolier marks the 36th anniversary. City clerk Steve Albee heard the attack while fishing east of Avon Park and was told to report back to Avon Park as a contract flight instructor. Major Allen Slater missed the news until December 8 due to tending hunting dogs. Realtor Marge Sager listened in Cincinnati and tried to locate Pearl Harbor on an atlas. Joan Wilder recalled being with relatives in New York State when the news arrived. Geri Becker, age 10, was at her godmother’s Rochester NY home when the radio announced the attack.
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