Pearl Harbor Initiative co-organizers, Holly Shelton and William F. Phillips, were honored at the Pensacola Chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for their efforts to spearhead one of the most patriotic events to come out of Pensacola in many years - taking six Pearl Harbor Survivors to the 70th Commemoration Ceremony of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The Pearl Harbor Initiative organized a group of volunteers who developed a community-wide effort to raise awareness and the funds needed to make this trip and a documentary DVD possible.
The Freedoms Foundation National Awards are
awarded to those who promote, through words or deeds, an understanding of responsible citizenship and its relationship to a free society
given in recognition of the civic achievements of Americans from all walks of life and the achievements of teachers, administrators of public, private and parochial schools in developing the interest, intellect and civic literacy of young adults
designed as an incentive to encourage others to emulate the deeds of recipients from all across the nation.
Pictured: Pearl Harbor Survivors, Jim Landis, Bill Braddock, Jay Carraway; Founder and Pearl Harbor Initiative Co-organizer, Holly Shelton; Connie Brown, VP of Youth Programs, Pensacola Chapter, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge; Co-organizer, William F. Phillips, Lt Col, USAF (ret), CAPT Michael Clapsadl, USN (ret), Master of Ceremony, and Pearl Harbor Survivors, Cass Phillips and Frank Emond. Missing from our group of travelers is our recently departed, George F. Mills.
PEARL HARBOR INITIATIVE THANKS THE PENSACOLA COMMUNITY FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT