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Radio PA Roundtable – December 7-9, 2018

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, an annual tradition, as we bring you the story of Major (USAF, Ret.) Hank Heim. Hank was stationed at Hickam Field, Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. In 2010, he visited our studio to tell his tale.

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Radio PA Roundtable – December 8-10, 2017

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we keep an annual early December tradition with one of the great oral history lessons of our lifetimes. The story of Major Hank Heim at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 is one that everyone should hear.

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Radio PA Roundtable – December 9-11, 2016

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we bring you an interview from 2010 with USAF (Retired) Major Hank Heim, who was stationed at Hickam Field in Hawaii on the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941. This past Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of the event that led to America’s involvement in World War II.

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Radio PA Roundtable – December 5-7, 2014

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, the overdose antidote Naloxone is now on the streets, in the hands of first responders and anyone who has a loved one prone to opioid/heroin overdose; state prison inmates are getting a break on their phone bills; and we revisit a conversation we had in 2010 with a man who witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor first-hand, a true American hero – USAF Major (Retired) Hank Heim.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the top news stories of the week.

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Radio PA Roundtable – December 6, 2013

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On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, we present the rebroadcast of a December 2010 interview with Pennsylvania native Hank Heim, USAF Retired. Major Heim was at among those who faced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor first-hand and he tells his amazing story of survival. This weekend marks the 72nd anniversary of the attack on December 7, 1941.

Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the top news stories of the week.

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Pennsylvania Remembers Pearl Harbor

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Pennsylvanians are pausing to remember Pearl Harbor, 70-years after America came under attack.  “We affirm our commitment to carry forward the lessons of that day to all who follow,” says Navy Rear Admiral (Select) John King , the keynote speaker at the state capitol remembrance program. 

Pearl Harbor -- Richard Schimmel

Richard Schimmel of Allentown shared memories with other Pearl Harbor survivors at Wednesday's capitol ceremony.

It was a time to honor the Pennsylvania survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack; one speaker called them the first of the Greatest Generation.   Many were in attendance at Wednesday’s ceremony, including Richard Schimmel of Allentown.  “It’s my country and I’d gladly die for it,” Schimmel tells Radio PA.  “Every time I talk about it I get choked up.”  Schimmel was just 19 on December 7th, 1941. 

Donald Connor of Allensville, Mifflin County was a 22-year-old private getting ready for breakfast when he heard a bomb drop.  “I looked out and saw the Japanese ball on the airplane,” Connor remembers.  “That told me all that I needed to know.” 

The survivors of that fateful day are America’s living history.  3,500 Americans were killed or wounded during the Pearl Harbor attack.  Every December 7th is marked as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.