Friday Dec 07 2012
Remembering Pearl Harbor
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The bow of the Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Michael Murphy passes by the USS Arizona Memorial Friday, Dec. 7, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Many of the Pearl Harbor Veterans gathered at the World War II Valor In The Pacific National Monument remembering the 71th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
The bow of the Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Michael Murphy passes by the USS Arizona Memorial Friday, Dec. 7, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Many of the Pearl Harbor Veterans gathered at the World War II Valor In The Pacific National Monument remembering the 71th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
Associated Press
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Associated Press Photo/Albany Democrat-Herald, Mark Ylen
USS Oklahoma survivor David Russell, 92, of Albany, Ore. stands at attention as the Oregon State University Naval ROTC Color Guard retires the colors at a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on the steps of the Linn County Courthouse, Friday Dec. 7 in Albany.
USS Oklahoma survivor David Russell, 92, of Albany, Ore. stands at attention as the Oregon State University Naval ROTC Color Guard retires the colors at a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony on the steps of the Linn County Courthouse, Friday Dec. 7 in Albany.
Associated Press Photo/U.S. War Department
This Dec. 7, 1941 image provided by the U.S. War Department made from a Japanese newsreel shows Japanese planes over Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This Dec. 7, 1941 image provided by the U.S. War Department made from a Japanese newsreel shows Japanese planes over Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Eugene Tanner/Associated Press
Gabi Shultz, 10, resident of Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, meets Pearl Harbor survivor Sam Clower, center, of Sacramento and Ab Brum, right, retired United States Army Special Forces, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 7, at Pearl Harbor. Many of the Pearl Harbor Veterans gathered at the World War II Valor In The Pacific National Monument remembering the 71th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 194 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
Gabi Shultz, 10, resident of Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, meets Pearl Harbor survivor Sam Clower, center, of Sacramento and Ab Brum, right, retired United States Army Special Forces, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 7, at Pearl Harbor. Many of the Pearl Harbor Veterans gathered at the World War II Valor In The Pacific National Monument remembering the 71th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 194 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
Associated Press
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, sailors on a small boat rescue a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, sailors on a small boat rescue a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Associated Press
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Associated Press Photo/Robert Kradin
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, people buy newspapers reporting the Japanese attack on U.S. bases in the Pacific Ocean, at Times Square in New York.
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, people buy newspapers reporting the Japanese attack on U.S. bases in the Pacific Ocean, at Times Square in New York.
Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 is the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Here are photos from Dec. 7, 2012 and from Dec. 7, 1941.