With the USS Arizona Memorial in the background, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Commander Seishi Goto reads a historical placard in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photo: AP
With the USS Arizona Memorial in the background, Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Commander Seishi Goto reads a historical placard in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photo: AP
Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard march past a photograph of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during the internment ceremony for Soucy in Honolulu. Photo: AP
U.S. Navy Seaman MU1 John Wheeler plays Taps during the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
This Nov. 29, 2011, photo taken in in Greenfield, Iowa, shows a page of photos showing World War II Navy veteran Clarence Pfundheller taken in November of 1941. Now 91, Pfundheller returned to Pearl Harbor for the 70th anniversary ceremony honoring those lost in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack that brought the United States into World War II. Photo: AP
This captured Japanese photograph shows the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. In the distance, the smoke rises from Hickam Field. Photo: Reuters
World War II Navy veteran Clarence Pfundheller is reflected in the Adair County Veterans Memorial, featuring his name, in Greenfield, Iowa. Photo: AP
A view on the deck of USS Nevada looking towards the forward 14"/45 gun turrets and superstructure, showing bomb damage received during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Photo: Reuters
Pearl Harbor survivor Robert Templet reacts as a member of the Andrews Sisters-styled group "The Liberty Belles" kisses him on the cheek at a ceremony observing the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Photo: AP
US Navy sailors perform a flag ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivor Lou Soucy, whose remains were being interned on the USS Utah, during a memorial on Ford Island in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
Pearl Harbor survivor James Cook smiles after getting a kiss on the cheek from a member of the Andrews Sisters-styled "Liberty Belles" at a ceremony observing the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Photo: AP
Pearl Harbor survivor George Blake looks down at the sunken USS Arizona as he tours the Arizona Memorial at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
In this image provided by the US Navy Pearl Harbor survivors observe the US Naval Sea Cadets Concert Band of the West perform at the Pearl Harbor Visitor's Center during Kama'aina and military appreciation day. Photo: AP
US Navy sailors give a 21-gun salute to Pearl Harbor survivor Lou Soucy, whose remains were being interned on the USS Utah, during a memorial ceremony on Ford Island in Honolulu. Photo: Reuters
The US Navy Region Hawaii Ceremonial Guard prepares the flag for Joann Olsen during the internment ceremony of her husband, USS Arizona survivor Vernon J. Olsen, aboard the USS Arizona Memorial during the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
The U.S. Navy battleship USS California is seen ablaze after an attack by Japanese carrier based strike aircraft on the Hawaiian port of Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. Photo: Reuters
A member of the Japanese Religious Committe for World Federation prays during a ceremony aboard the USS Arizona Memorial on the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
World War II Army veteran Quentin DeNio, 92, of South Minneapolis, the American flag bearer for the Fort Snelling National Cemetery Memorial Rifle Squad, participates in a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the Veterans Service Building. Photo: AP
National Parks Service Historian John McCaskill, of Washington D.C., reacts to the national anthem during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Photo: AP
Pearl Harbor survivor Mal Middlesworth sings the national anthem as he salutes the Color Guard during the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
Pearl Harbor survivor Richard Mayo salutes as he leaves the Arizona Memorial at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard seaman Nick Marrero, of Greenville, Texas, holds an urn with the ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during Soucy's internment ceremony in Honolulu. Soucy, who died last year at the age of 90, wanted to have his ashes interred inside the USS Utah, his ship that sank during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Dec. 7, 1941. Photo: AP
US Navy battleship USS West Virginia burns and sinks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. Photo: Reuters
The USS Nevada is ablaze off the Ford Island seaplane base, with its bow pointed up-channel during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941. The volume of fire and smoke is from USS Shaw, which is burning in the floating dry dock in the background on the left. Photographed from the southeastern shore of Ford Island, near the Naval Air station HQ building. Photo: Reuters
Pearl Harbor survivor David Shoup looks on during the wreath laying presentation for the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
US Navy seaman MMW2 Paul Crooks stands at attention during the internment ceremony for USS Arizona survivor Vernon J. Olsen aboard the USS Arizona Memorial, during the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii. Photo: Reuters
Pearl Harbor survivor James Cook salutes at a ceremony observing the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Photo: AP
A US Navy sailor gives Margaret Soucy, the daughter of Pearl Harbor survivor Lou Soucy, a US flag during a ceremony where his remains were being interned on the USS Utah at a memorial ceremony on Ford Island in Honolulu. Photo: Reuters
Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard seaman plays taps at sunset during the internment ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy in Honolulu. Photo: AP
Published Dec 8, 2011
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December 7, 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack in which over 2400 members of the US military were killed.
December 7, 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attack in which over 2400 members of the US military were killed.