Virginia War Memorial honors fallen soldiers for 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor

After the unexpected attack, six U.S. Navy battleships lay at the bottom of the harbor, and more than 2,000 sailors and Marines were dead, launching the United States into World War II.

“I wanted to go because everybody else was going, and I wanted to do something”, Shelton said. Recalling the huge death toll from Pearl Harbor, Obama underscored how those soldiers’ sacrifices galvanised the resolve of millions of U.S. troops and civilians.

A Cortland couple is trying to bring closure to families and friends of those who lost their lives 75 years ago at Pearl Harbor.

More than 1,100 Americans died when the Arizona sunk.

Seventy-five years after the attack, some people worry the memories won’t last much longer.

Mayor Joe Matthews also proclaimed Wednesday as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and asked that all citizens pause for a moment of silence to remember the lives lost.

Ninety-eight-year-old Stanley Hansen of Madison joined the military in 1941, the year Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked.

“Those guys they set the bar for us to continue to try to reach”, says Senior Chief Petty Officer Jeff Tabor.

The ceremony was created to remember all of those lost in WWII was well as veterans alike.

“Time takes its toll”, George says of the dwindling numbers of Pearl Harbor survivors.

A gun salute was held Wednesday outside the Fleet Reserve Association Branch in Atlantic Beach to honor the 2,403 servicemen who died in the attack.

Harris also said: “You can bet that the men and women we honor today” never failed to stand for the national anthem. She was just 4 years old at the time, and with her grandmother when the news arrived. “We have too many people now who have forgotten what has happened”.

“I had to wait until I was 17 so I could get in and my dad had to sign for me”, Calhoun said.

There are just over 100 Pearl Harbor survivors left.