Harold L. Baker (from left), Richard Montgomery, chaplain of VFW Post 137, and VFW Post 137 past commander Brad Bennett share a light-hearted moment before Baker lays the wreath during Friday’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event in Duluth. Baker was on board the light cruiser USS Honolulu in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked the base on Dec. 7, 1941, forcing America into World War II. The Honolulu and Baker survived a near-bombing that day and two torpedo hits later in the war. “It’s amazing he survived,” said his daughter, Jeanne Ahlin. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
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