Mika Brzezinski needed a little more time than her co-host to process the staggering exchange.

USS St. Louis got underway during the Pearl Harbor attack and fought her way out of the harbor as explosions, wreckage, and incoming fire turned the channel into a kill zone. Once clear, she entered a long wartime career defined by repeated combat deployments,

Friends and loved ones gathered at the Barnstable Adult Community Center to celebrate Johnson's birthday.