{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/blog/72nd-anniversary-of-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor", "72nd Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor", "2013-12-07", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Bob Casey", "C001070", "www.casey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Saturday, December 7, 2013\n\t\t\t\t 72nd Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor \n\t\t\t\t\n                        by Bob Casey \n                        \n                 \n\t\n\t            \n\t                \n\t                    \n\t                        \n\t                    \n\t                \n\t            \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t  \t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThis December 7th marks the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, \u201cA Date Which Will Live in Infamy\u201d when the Japanese attacked the US naval base in Pearl Harbor Hawaii.\u00a0 Over 2,400 Americans were lost on that day while defending their country.\r\nThe battleship USS Pennsylvania was stationed at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. It was undergoing maintenance in a drydock.\u00a0 This positioning allowed the USS \u00a0Pennsylvania to be one of the first ships to open fire on the Japanese attackers.\u00a0 During the attack, it sustained minor damage and later served honorably in the Pacific for the remainder of the War.\r\nThe state of Pennsylvania lost nearly two dozen of its native sons during the attacks on Pearl Harbor.\u00a0 Included in this total is Chief Boatswain Edwin Joseph Hill of Philadelphia, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack.\u00a0Click here to read more on Chief Boatswain Hill.\r\nSeventy-two years later, I ask that all Pennsylvanians honor and remember the sacrifices that those brave sailors paid at Pearl Harbor.\u00a0 Having occurred so long ago, the members of the \u201cgreatest generation\u201d are becoming all the more rare and yet are becoming all the more exceptional as examples to live selflessly and patriotically.\n\t\t\t\t\n                    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags:\n                            \n                                \n                                Arizona,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                Attack on Pearl Harbor,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                Navy,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                Pearl Harbor,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                USS Arizona,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                Veterans,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                World War II,\u00a0\n                            \n                                \n                                WWII", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/blog/72nd-anniversary-of-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.090626697987318, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}