5-11, and at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on Dec. A full-length 360° edition of the experience is now released in the LIFE VR app for iOS and Android.Įxperience Remembering Pearl Harbor on an HTC Vive headset at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., from Dec. Remembering Pearl Harbor is available on Viveport and Steam for the HTC Vive, and a 360° trailer can be viewed in LIFE VR’s Samsung VR channel. Remembering Pearl Harbor was created using resources from the National WWII Museum and the Library of Congress, which provided expertise, artifacts and primary-source references and with award-winning author and Pearl Harbor expert Craig Nelson as historical adviser. Flip through the issues of LIFE Magazine that would have been in American homes at that time, listen to FDR address the nation over the radio, interact with personal mementos and much more. Through Downing’s story, you’ll see how Pearl Harbor played out for one person on the home front, in Hawaii and in the years that followed. His emotional story is a window into how Pearl Harbor changed not just the world, but also the lives of the thousands of people directly affected by the attack. Now 103, he is one of the oldest living American veterans to have survived that day. Jim Downing, who was postmaster on the USS West Virginia. The interactive room-scale experience, produced for LIFE VR by Deluxe VR in partnership with HTC and AMD, brings you back to 1941, as you experience Pearl Harbor and its aftermath through the eyes of Lt. God has a plan for us all and I believe James Downing has succeeded in the plan that he was given.And now, in the virtual reality experience Remembering Pearl Harbor, you can see Pearl Harbor from a whole new perspective. James Downing has truly made an impact on many people’s lives and he will be remembered for he continues to impact people through his books and Christian faith. “ Life is a meaningful relationship with God, family and friends,” he said,” I’m satisfied if I can have those three things” After living a long and truly miraculous life Downing states that he now truly knows the meaning of life, "Meditation, the Bible Tells you how".
They were eating breakfast at a friend’s house who lived near Pearl Harbor when they heard explosions. The second-oldest survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack and a key leader of The Navigators ministry has died. It was December 7 th, 1941 James Downing and some of his other navy friends.
Downing was age 28 when Pearl Harbor was attacked. James Downing, in 2013, turned the age of 100, t hat marked him as the oldest survivor. Downing was born in Oak Grove, Missouri in August of 1913. James Downing also sometimes known as Jim Downing, is the oldest known survivor from the Pearl Harbor attack.