Ruth Hare's husband, Howard, didn't like to talk about the attack on Pearl Harbor. In fact it was over 40 years later before he told her his full account of what happened on December 7, 1941. Here Ruth poses for a portrait with the flag she was given after Howard died last year as a result of heart complications.

Photo by Anthony Souffle, Daily News

Ruth Hare's husband, Howard, didn't like to talk about the attack on Pearl Harbor. In fact it was over 40 years later before he told her his full account of what happened on December 7, 1941. Here Ruth poses for a portrait with the flag she was given after Howard died last year as a result of heart complications.

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