The Latest: Pearl Harbor survivor pays respect to shipmates

HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the 76th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack (all times local):7:40 a.m.

Pearl Harbor survivor Gilbert Meyer says he has returned to the site of the 1941 Japanese bombing because of his shipmates from the USS Utah. He says he comes to pay his respects and say a prayer for them.

The 94-year who lives near Lytle, Texas, says the anniversary of the attack reminds him that he and the other survivors are lucky they got off their ships.

He and other survivors are gathering Thursday at Pearl Harbor to remember fellow servicemen killed in the early morning raid 76 years ago.

Meyer was a fireman first class on Dec. 7, 1941 when a torpedo hit the port side of the Utah.