SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Tina Kotek has awarded the Law
Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice to fallen Nyssa
police officer Cpl. Joseph Johnson.
The award will be presented to Johnson’s family at his
memorial service today.
Johnson was shot and killed while on patrol last Saturday
night in the eastern Oregon town of Nyssa.
Gov. Tina Kotek
WASHINGTON (TND) — A World War II hero — who survived the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 — is ready to celebrate a big
birthday.
Ken Potts will be turning 102 on Saturday, according to the
USS Arizona Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Potts was aboard the USS Arizona when the battleship was
attacked by the Japanese military on the naval base at in
Hawaii on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were
killed. But Potts, along with at least 330 others, survived.
The USS Arizona near Pearl Harbor in a photo taken by a
Japanese spy sometime before the December 7 attack.
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
An inscription on the wall of the World War II Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal
holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military
personnel who have died while serving in the United States
armed forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May. It was
formerly observed on May 30 from 1868 to 1970.
