Seven Perch Base members and guests, Base Commander David Heighway, COB Kirby Anderson, Jeff Brower, Communications Officer Chris Gahan, Secretary Ed Henry, The USS Arizona Legacy Foundation President & CEO, Nicole La Slavic (and her son, Dave,) Webmaster Dan Marks and Joe Trotter attended the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event on 12/06/2025 at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza by the Arizona State Capitol.
We placed two wreaths, one for the WW2 Submarine Veterans and the other for the Perch Base Submarine Veterans.
The ceremony started with a commemorative flyover by World War II T-6 Texan Training Aircraft.
It is believed that fewer than 20 living Pearl Harbor survivors remain, none are left in Arizona and none of the USS Arizona (BB-39) survivors are still living. The Pearl Harbor Survivors' wreath in memory of those lost in the Pearl Harbor attack was placed by Dennis and Roberta Haskin, family members of Pearl Harbor Veteran Ed Miklavcic, who is physically unable to travel.
A wreath was also placed by the Honoring America's Veterans (HAV) Committee that sponsored the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony.
The remainder of the wreaths, including our two wreaths for the WWII SubVets and Perch Base SubVets, were placed prior to the start of the ceremony.
Speakers included Paula Pedene, the Honoring America's Veterans Executive Director, as the Master of Ceremonies, Dylan Dalzatto, Arizona Department of Veterans' Services, who read the list of wreath placements, Glen Gray, TriWest Healthcare, who introduced the Keynote Speaker, Wanda Sartain, a U.S. Navy Veteran (LCDR) and major player in the restoration of the USS Arizona model/float.

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If you have never been to the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, here's a virtual tour of the many memorials, including the Arizona Silent Service Memorial, adjacent to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Follow this LINK to the tour of Wesley Bolin Plaza.