it s something one witness i spoke to is welcoming. 95-year-old robert lee says he s glad to see japanese prime minister shinzo abe making this trip. it s the greatest thing in the world. reporter: he remembers well the surprise attack 74 years ago where more than 2,400 people lost their lives. it s very vivid in my memory. very much so. reporter: still a young man, just two years out of high school rotc, he looked on from his bedroom, later dashing to his front lawn as japanese bombers flew low over his home, headed for battleship row. i grabbed my .22-caliber target rifle and shot all 1 16.22-caliber shots. at the plane? at the plane. reporter: thinking it would work. of course not, no! [ laughter ] it could scarcely kill a mouse. reporter: he watched as the
very much so. still a young man, just two years out of high school rotc, he looked on from his bedroom. later, dashing to his front lawn as japanese bombers flew low over his home. headed for battleship row. i grabbed my .22-caliber target pistol. at the plane? of course. thinking it would work? of course not, no. he watched as the uss arizona just a mile away exploded. it was a red-orange color about three seconds and then it exploded. the fire went up hundreds of feet from this. and the crackling of the fire was overwhelming. as those who could fought back, lee helped to wash the oil off sailors who jumped to
intended to he send the messages that the ravages of war should never be repeated. a man spoke with cnn about how the pearl harbor experience changed his life and what he has learned from it. reporter: this 95-year-old, robert lee says he is glad to see the japanese prime minister making this trip. i think it is tea greatest thing in the world. i think we ve already gone through quite a bit of healing. reporter: he remembers well the dave japan s surprise attack 75 years ago when more than 2400 people lost their lives. it s very vivid in my memory. very much so. reporter: still a young man, just two years out of high school rotc, he looked on from his bedroom. later dashing to his front lawn as japanese bombers flew low over his home headed for battleship row. i grabbed my .22 caliber target rifle and shot all 16 .22
witness to the pearl harbor attack i spoke with is welcoming. 95-year-old robert lee says he s glad to see japanese prime minister shinzo abe making this trip. i think it s the greatest thing in the world. i think we ve already gone through quite a bit of healing. reporter: he remembers well the day of japan s surprise attack 75 years ago when more than 2400 people lost their lives. it s very vivid in my memory, very much so. reporter: still a young man, just two years out of high school rotc, he looked on from his bedroom, later dashing to his front lawn as japanese bombers flew low over his home, headed for battleship row. i grabbed my .22-caliber target rifle and shot all 16 .22 lead shots at the planes. thinking it would work? of course not, no.
75 years ago when more than 2400 people lost their lives. it is very vivid in my memory, very much so. reporter: still a young man, just two years out of high school rotc, he looked on from his bedroom. later dashing to his front lawn as japanese bombers flew low over his home, headed for battleship row. i grabbed my 22 caliber target rifle and shot off 16.22 caliber lead shots at the planes. thinking that it would work? of course not. it wouldn t kill a mouse. he watched as the uss arizona just a mile away exploded. it was that orange, red orange color. about three seconds, and then it exploded. the fire went up hundreds of feet from this, from the whole ship, and the crackling of the