A Pearl Harbor Book 75 Years in the Making

Lauren Bruner, 96, was aboard the U.S.S. Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941.

It was just a few months ago that David Montero joined the Los Angeles Times as a Las Vegas-based correspondent.

Today, on the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, he’s delivered one of the best commemorative articles about “America’s first 9/11.” The reporter was dispatched recently to the islands to provide anniversary coverage for the paper.

Montero outlines the intriguing relationship that developed between aspiring documentary filmmaker Ed McGrath and Army veteran Lauren Bruner (pictured), now 96, who was stationed at the time of the Dec.

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