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Arizona crew member back at Pearl Harbor 75 years after attack

Laruen Bruner lets out a laugh while talking with Edward McGrath during a meet-and-greet event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu ahead of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Dec. 6, 2016 10:12 AM PT

Lauren Bruner was aboard the battleship Arizona when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He spent months in the hospital and in 1942 joined a crew on a destroyer to finish out the war doing the same job he had on the Arizona.

Lauren Bruner, survivor of attack on the Arizona at Pearl Harbor

Lauren Bruner signs a flag belonging to Mike Green.

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Arizona crew member Lauren Bruner signs a photo of the Arizona memorial.

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Virginia Heppe of Elma, Wash., gives a lei to Arizona crew member Laruen Bruner at Smith’s Union Bar in Honolulu.

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Arizona crew member Laruen Bruner takes a sip of his beer at Smith’s Union Bar in Honolulu.

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Teri Mann of Seattle talks with Arizona crew member Laruen Bruner at Smith’s Union Bar in Honolulu. Mann’s Uncle William, who was friends with Bruner in high school, served with him aboard the Arizona.

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Arizona crew members, from left, Howard Potts, Louis Conter, and Lauren Bruner chat during a meet-and-greet event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.

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Lauren F. Bruner is one of the surviving crew members of the battleship Arizona and still struggles with the horrors of the day when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 75 years ago. Bruner was one of 11 Pearl Harbor survivors who were honored at a ceremony in Newport Beach as the 75th anniversary of the attack approaches.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Lauren F. Bruner, one of the surviving crew members from the battleship Arizona, passes beneath crossed swords with his caregiver Ed Hoeschen as he and 10 other Pearl Harbor survivors were honored at a ceremony in Newport Beach as the 75th anniversary of the attack approaches.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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