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Aug. 28, 2023: A piece of the USS Arizona comes to Colorado; A father and son are ‘Back from Broken’

By Ryan Warner
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51min 41sec
Pearl Harbor Anniversary
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In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A few dozen survivors of Pearl Harbor are expected to gather Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, at the site of the Japanese bombing 80 years ago to remember those killed in the attack that launched the U.S. into World War II.

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Aug. 28, 2023: A piece of the USS Arizona comes to Colorado; A father and son are ‘Back from Broken’

A relic from the battleship USS Arizona will arrive at the Colorado Freedom Memorial in Aurora Tuesday. The memorial’s founder says a small piece of steel from the ship is a symbolic way of bringing the 41 Coloradans who died in the Pearl Harbor attack closer to home. Then, a father and son reflect on addiction as a family disease in “Back from Broken.”

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