An explosion at the Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor (Pearl Harbor) during the Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Sailors stand amid wrecked watching as the USS Shaw explodes in the center background. The USS Nevada is also visible in the middle background, with her bow headed toward the left. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
USS Arizona During Pearl Harbor
The USS Arizona burns during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy/Newsmakers)
USS California
The USS California on fire in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
After Attack
The jumbled mass of wreckage in front of the battleship USS Pennsylvania constitutes the remains of the destroyers USS Downes and USS Cassin, bombed by the Japanese during the raid on Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor). The ships were in drydock. The torpedo-damaged cruiser USS Helena is in the right distance, beyond the crane. Visible in the center distance is the capsized USS Oklahoma with USS Maryland alongside. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
War Bulletin
The newspaper tells of bombing in downtown Honolulu an hour and a half after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese airforce. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) throws flower peta
U.S. President Bill Clinton (C) throws flower petals into the water at the USS Arizona Memorial 02 Sept during 50th anniversary commemoration ceremonies for VJ-Day in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On the left is Army veteran Pedro Racelis and on the right is First Lady Hillary Clinton. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
Pearl Harbor survivor Lewis Robinson looks at a mu
Pearl Harbor survivor Lewis Robinson looks at a mural of the battleship USS Arizona that was sunk, 07 December 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, at an exhibition for the 50th anniversary of the attack in Honolulu 04 December 1991. (GEORGE WOLF/AFP/Getty Images)
Pearl Harbor Day
A wreath is laid in front of the Lone Sailor statue as naval honor guards march by during a wreath laying ceremony on Pearl Harbor Day December 7, 2000 at the Naval Memorial in Washington D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Newsmakers)
US President George W. Bush poses for a
President George W. Bush poses for a photo with Pearl Harbor survivors at the USS Arizona Memorial and with the USS Missouri to the rear 23 October, 2003. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pearl Harbor survivors Herb Weatherwax (L) and fellow unidentified survivor salute as US President George W. Bush walks by at the USS Arizona Memorial 23 October 2003 as the President and First Lady arrive in Hawaii for a day of visiting war memorials, children, Island leaders, and fundraising. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
60th Anniversary Of The End Of WWII Commemorated At Battleship Missouri
World War II Navy veteran Richard Osborn holds up an old photograph of himself at the 60th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II held on the Battleship Missouri, September 2, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Mr. Osborn was 20 years old in the photographs taken on the then Japanese occupied Guam in 1943. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered aboard the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. (Photo by Marco Garcia/Getty Images)
60th Anniversary Of The End Of WWII Commemorated At Battleship Missouri
World War II veterans salute the U.S. flag at the 60th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II held on the Battleship Missouri, September 2, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered aboard the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Many of the veterans at the ceremony were present on the Battleship witnessing the Japanese surrender. (Photo by Marco Garcia/Getty Images)
60th Anniversary Of The End Of WWII Commemorated At Battleship Missouri
World War II Navy veteran Murray Yudelowitz from Bronx, New York (R) kisses his daughter Beverly Yates after the end of the 60th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II held on the Battleship Missouri, September 2, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered aboard the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Mr. Yudelowitz served aboard the Battleship and witnessed the formal surrender. (Photo by Marco Garcia/Getty Images)
U.S. Commemorates 65th Anniversary Of Attack On Pearl Harbor
Taps is played with the USS Memorial in the background during the 65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration ceremonies December 7, 2006 in Pearl Harbor, Oahu. The 65th anniversary of the December 7, 1941Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was marked at the Naval base. (Photo by Cory Lum/Getty Images).
U.S. Commemorates 65th Anniversary Of Attack On Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor veteran John Finn from (R) San Diego, California get a hug from wellwisher after conclusion of the 65th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day December 7, 2006 in Pearl Harbor, Oahu. The 65th anniversary of the December 7, 1941Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was marked at the Naval base. (Photo by Cory Lum/Getty Images).
U.S. Commemorates 65th Anniversary Of Attack On Pearl Harbor
(L to R) Jackson Harris, John Finn, Allen Bodenlos and Ernie Mangrum talk after the conclusion of the 65th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day December 7, 2006 in Pearl Harbor, Oahu. The 65th anniversary of the December 7, 1941Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was marked at the Naval base. (Photo by Cory Lum/Getty Images).
Wreath-Laying Ceremony At USS Intrepid Commemorates Pearl Harbor Attack
Aaron Chabin of New York, a U.S. Army veteran who was serving at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked on December 7, 1941 salutes during a ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the event on the USS Intrepid December 7, 2009 in New York City. Veterans groups around the country hold ceremonies every year in December on the day that President Franklin Roosevelt predicted would "live in infamy". (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama lays a wreath
President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor December 29, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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