FOTOS: Día de Pearl Harbor a bordo del Midway

Sailors from the ship called, USS Pearl Harbor stand at attention. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

San Diego Union-Tribune

Dic. 8, 2018 1:29 PM PT

Centenares de personas asistieron a la ceremonia de conmemoración del ‘Día de Pearl Harbor’ a bordo del USS Midway Museum en San Diego, California. Cinco sobrevivientes asistieron a la ceremonia con motivo del 77 aniversario de los ataques.

Along with others, Pearl Harbor survivors Jack Evans (left, seated) and Stuart Hedley salute the flag. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivor Stuart Hedley waves to the crowd before a wreath ceremony. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivors Stuart Hedley (seated right) and Jack Evans (seated left) toss wreaths overboard for the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony (77th Anniversary of the attack) on Friday aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California. Behind are Navy sailors (from left) Lloyd McCarty, Marshall Benoit, and Darnell Mason helping with the moment. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivor Lauren Bruner, 97. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivor Stuart Hedley, 97. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivor Billy E. Johnson, 95. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Evans, 94. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivor Clayton Schenkelberg, 101. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Pearl Harbor survivors (from left) Billy E. Johnson, Stuart Hedley, Lauren Bruner, Clayton Schenkelberg, and Jack Evans pose for photos. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Rear Admiral Yancy Lindsey (left, back to camera) Navy Region Southwest Commander, performs a Re-Enlistment Ceremony after the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum. Pearl Harbor Survivor Stuart Hedley (middle, back to camera) participated in the ceremony. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Eduardo Contreras

Eduardo Contreras has been a staff photographer at the U-T since 1994. Previously, he worked at the Chicago Tribune and as a freelance photographer in Orange County, California, where he grew up. Contreras has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. on assignment as well as internationally, reporting from Cuba, Canada, and Mexico. Contreras was member of the U-T staff that won the National Press Photographers “Best Use of Photos” honor in 1998. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and has been working as a photojournalist since 1984. He has been married since 1989 and has three children.