On Sunday, Gayle Vyskocil will share her husband James’ story of surviving the attack at Pearl Harbor.

The presentation will be given as part of a Pearl Harbor Day remembrance 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, in the Chapel on Ault Field.

Military personnel, retirees, Department of Defense civilians and their families are invited.

While Vyskocil will be the keynote speaker, she made clear that she was not to be the focus of attention.

“I’m not the story — the Pearl Harbor survivors are,” Vyskocil said.

The Cascade Chapter lost a number of its members in recent years and has dwindled down to just a few members.

“It would be nice to have people besides our small group,” Vyskocil said.

Vyskocil said she will deliver a speech written by her late husband talking about his experience at Pearl Harbor. She will share anecdotes about other local survivors during the speech, talking about what they experienced that day.

James Vyskocil was a signalman third class during the attack and retired after 30 years as a lieutenant commander. He passed away in 2009.

James Vyskocil fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, enduring five sea battles and three aircraft crashes. He was also a founder of the Navy’s Retired Activities Program and, in collaboration with former Whidbey News-Times publisher Wallie Funk, founded the Women’s Sea Cadet Program in 1972.

“As a young signalman, he was on duty at the Pearl Harbor naval shipyard signal tower on Dec. 7. 1941,” James Vyskocil’s obituary said. “He watched in horror as enemy aircraft bombed Ford Island and ship after ship exploded into flames. He and his shipmates gave the first alert of the attack and remained on duty on the open platform, 90-foot tower until the next day, when they descended to recover bodies from the smoldering wreckage. He went on to see heavy combat in the Pacific Theater, surviving five sea battles.”