{"id":6174,"date":"2025-05-19T11:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/?page_id=6174"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:23:13","slug":"featured-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-small has-background-bottom-center-position has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FEAT-STORIES-landing-page-image-scaled.png');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-90 has-pdb-90\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-gold-color has-text-color\">2026 FEATURED STORIES <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/chuck-kohler-story\/\" class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-link has-dark-gold-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#91816d;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\"><strong><strong>EARL J. \u201cCHUCK\u201d KOHLER: PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On the morning of December 7th, Earl J. \u201cChuck\u201d Kohler was working on Ford Island &#8211; the airfield and hangar in the middle of Pearl Harbor.&nbsp; As the enemy attack began, Chuck found himself behind a .50 caliber machine gun, fending off Japanese fighters.&nbsp; After Pearl Harbor, Kohler was deployed to the Marshall Islands, witnessing the surrender of the Japanese in August of 1945.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now at 102, Kohler is one of the last Pearl Harbor survivors and has made it his mission to share the story of that fateful day with students and groups of all types to keep alive the memory of all who died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><\/h3>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-small has-background-top-center-position\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/veteran-portrait-1.jpg');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-small has-background-top-center-position\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NMDC26_PORTRAITS-3-2.jpg');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1px\">..<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/featured-stories\/patricia-horoho-story\/\" class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-link has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-gold-color has-text-color\"><strong><strong>LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATRICIA D. HOROHO: 9\/11 &#8211; 25 YEARS LATER<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99bf641f73364c506501a7b619574554\">25 years ago on September 11th, Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho was standing in her office at the Pentagon 100 yards from where Flight 77 hit the building. Trained in clinical trauma nursing and mass casualty, Lt. General Horoho ran toward the impact, smoke and fire. Horoho was the second person to arrive at the crash site. With only a belt to use as a tourniquet and the supplies in a medic\u2019s backpack, LT. Gen. 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As with many of our country\u2019s best soldiers, he stayed to fight because of dedication to the cause, his fellow warriors and his admiration for General George Washington, whose leadership, tenacity and care kept the citizen army engaged through unthinkable trials and hardships.&nbsp; Martin survived Valley Forge, saw action at Germantown, Fort Mifflin, and Monmouth, and was present at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. Years later, he committed his memories to paper, publishing a narrative in 1830. 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