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ROLLA(ROL-A) MALAN(MAYLIN)
TELLS ME THAT HE COULDN'T
BELIEVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON
THAT FATEFUL DAY AS BOMBS FELL
FROM THE SKY AND SHOTS RANG
OUT AROUND HIM. SEVEN
DECADES LATER, HE STILL
REMEMBERS IT LIKE IT WAS
YESTERDAY.
03:06:01 THAT'S A JAPANESE
PLANE THEY SHOT DOWN THERE.
03:06:04ROLLA MALAN LOOKS
THROUGH HIS PICTURES...
MEMORIES THAT SEEM LIKE A
LIFETIME AGO...03:17:26 I JUST
WONDER WHERE SOME OF THE GUYS
ARE. 03:17:32THE 92-YEAR-OLD
SAYS HE'S FORGOTTEN A
LOT...BUT ONE DAY HE WILL
ALWAYS REMEMBER...DECEMBER
7TH, 1941.03:10:09 WE SAT
THERE AND WATCHED AND COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT. PLANE COME BY ON
ONE SIDE, IT WAS JAPANESE.
YOU COULD SEE THE PILOT. YOU
COULD'VE HIT HIM WITH A POTATO
IF YOU HAD A POTATO. A PLANE
CAME DOWN ALONG THAT SIDE AND
SOMEBODY SHOT HIM DOWN AND
THAT'S THE ONE I THINK THAT
CRASHED. 03:10:24MALAN WAS A
21-YEAR-OLD SERVING IN THE US
NAVY ABOARD THE USS PREBLE,
STATIONED AT PEARL HARBOR. HE
WAS RESPONSIBLE FROM DROPPING
MINES IN ENEMY WATERS.HE SAYS
EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST...
03:10:31 HIGH-FLYING BOMBERS,
WE SAW THEM. AND THEY DROPPED
THEIR BOMBS AND WE WATCHED
THEM ALMOST ALL THE WAY DOWN,
YOU COULD SEE THEM GLOW IN THE
SUN. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW
THE ARIZONA BLEW AND THAT WAS
JUST AN EXPLOSION. I STILL
THINK I SAW BODIES FLYING IN
THE AIR. 03:10:48
IMAGES...THAT STILL HAUNT HIM.
HE SAYS IT WAS CHAOS AND HE
WAS JUST...03:16:55 TRYING TO
STAY OUT OF HARM'S WAY WAS THE
MAIN THING, DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
TO GO. YOU WENT IN HERE YOU
COULD GET BOMBED. YOU WENT
OUT THERE, YOU COULD GET SHOT
AND I DIDN'T WANT EITHER ONE
OF THEM. 03:17:05MALAN LOST
MANY FRIENDS AND FELLOW SEAMEN
THAT DAY...HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW
HE SURVIVED.03:15:24 2,000
KILLED ON PEARL HARBOR DAY AND
I ESCAPED AND I DON'T KNOW.
SO MANY DIED THAT HAD FAMILIES
AND I DIDN'T AND I COULDN'T
FIGURE OUT WHY I WOULD GET OUT
OF THERE ALIVE AND NONE OF
THEM WOULDN'T 03:15:42FOR THE
WORLD AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIM...
IT'S A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN
INFAMY....MAYLIN SAYS IT
TAUGHT HIM...03:16:00 THAT
WE'RE NOT INVINCIBLE. THEY
THINK WE ARE AND TO BE
PREPARED. LIKE TEDDY
ROOSEVELT SAID 'WALK SOFTLY
BUT CARRY A BIG STICK.' AND I
THINK THAT'S WHAT WE OUGHT TO
DO. 03:16:11
MALAN(MAY-LIN) CONTINUED
SERVING IN THE NAVY UNTIL
1945. HE THEN MOVED TO
FAIRBORN, WHERE HE'S LIVED
EVER SINCE. REPORTING LIVE,
JACKIE SPRAGUE, 2 NEWS.
