Pearl Harbor memorial service in Hawaii to move to new site

Flags are being flown at half-staff in OH as part of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Pearl Harbor survivor Robert Irwin shakes the hand of his brother, Frank Broz, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, in Pearl Harbor, Hi., before a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack that launched the US into Wo…

Japan shocked the nation with its surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, establishing in many Americans such a sense of outrage that they committed to never letting an enemy take advantage of such an opportunity again.

There were no Pearl Harbor survivors among the World War Two veterans attending this year’s canteen ceremony, said Gary Meyers, spokesman for the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. “They deserve our highest respect and remain forever in our thoughts and prayers”.

For his 23rd birthday, 97-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, C.A. Wilkinson was spending time with friends in Honolulu. Three days later, war was declared on the United States by Japanese allies, Germany and Italy. The people of our U.S. Armed Forces continue to do it today all over the globe in defense of liberty.

Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) while passing the USS Arizona Memorial.

The president of the Navy League and a World War II veteran say it’s important to remember the past so history doesn’t repeat itself. This photo, taken on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, looks out to the USS Arizona Memorial, which is the final resting place for numerous ship’s 1,177 crewmen who lost their lives on that day in 1941.

Much like September 11, 2001, is for the current generation, December 7, 1941, is the seminal moment of horror for what author and television newsman Tom Brokaw aptly termed the Greatest Generation.

In Pearl Harbor’s 74 anniversary, here are seven interesting facts about the attack that officially brought the United States into war. Operatives of al-Qaida, engineered by exiled Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden, flew hi-jacked planes into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in northern Virginia and a field in Somerset County here in Pennsylvania.

Mapou continued to serve through the war until he was injured in an attack.

The interviews were conducted by Pearl Harbor survivor Leo Smith.