National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day that day against the attack. The medal was also awarded to civilians who were killed or injured in the attack. A few years later, Congress amended the law to allow any person who was present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and was involved in combat operations against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii, to receive the award. In both instances, there was a limited time period to apply for the award, and it is no longer issued. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also referred to as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day or Pearl Harbor Day, is
Laurence Pearl active political involvement at present. He is a signatory of Jews for Justice for Palestinians. He was part of the Birkbeck College team in 1984 which scored the second highest score in the history of University Challenge, 430, against Exeter College, Oxford. They were subsequently beaten in the semi-finals. He is married to Bioinformatics researcher Frances Pearl with whom he has three children. He is an enthusiastic paddler and rower of canoes and small boats on the River Ouse, Sussex. Laurence Pearl Laurence Harris Pearl FRS FMedSci (born 18 June 1956) is a British biochemist and structural biologist who is