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Dec. 6, 2011: The USS Utah Memorial is seen before the start of an internment ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy 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.![Pearl Harbor 2]()
Dec. 6, 2011: Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard march past a photograph of Soucy during the internment ceremony for him.![Pearl Harbor 3]()
Dec. 7, 1941: A small boat rescues a crew member from the water as heavy smoke rolls out of the stricken USS West Virginia after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Two men can be seen on the superstructure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia.![Pearl Harbor 4]()
Dec. 7, 1941: Ssailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background.![Pearl Harbor 5]()
Dec. 7, 1941: The destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the attack.![Pearl Harbor 6]()
Dec. 6: 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.![Pearl Harbor 7]()
Dec. 4: In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor survivors observe the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Concert Band of the West perform at the Pearl Harbor Visitor’s Center during Kama'aina and military appreciation day.![Pearl Harbor 8]()
Dec. 6, 2011: Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard member presents a US flag to the family of Soucy during an internment ceremony for him.![Pearl Harbor 9]()
Nov. 29, 2011: Pearl Harbor survivor Allan Darby displays mementos from his time at Pearl Harbor, at his home in Absecon, N.J. Shown are his dog tags, photos, Japanese currency, and a sergeant's stripes and patch.![Pearl Harbor 10]()
Nov. 29, 2011: Darby poses for a photo with an image depicting Pearl Harbor on the wall of his home.![Pearl Harbor 11]()
Dec. 6, 2011: Leo Scheer, left, and John Hacker share their memories about first hearing the news on December 7, 1941, that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Scheer joined the Navy and served as a medic during the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach. Hacker, a high school sophomore at the time of the attack, got a farming deferral, but later served with the Army in Korea. The two men now live at the Heritage of Huntington nursing home in Huntington, Ind.![Pearl Harbor 12]()
Nov. 22, 2011: Frank A. Chebetar, 90, sits down during a weekly visit to the Pearl Harbor Memorial at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek- Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Va. Chebetar, 90, was a ships cook aboard the destroyer Phelps at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He pays a visit to the memorial each week to shine the bell. And on this day, he was making last minute preparations for the annual remembrance ceremony on Dec. 7.![Pearl Harbor 13]()
Among the mementos Paul Moore has kept over the years is a postcard he sent home two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Moore, 90, of Chesapeake was a young sailor aboard the battleship West Virginia when it was sunk by Japanese torpedos on December 7,1941.![Pearl Harbor 14]()
Moore has also kept an album with an image of the battleship West Virginia on which he was serving during the attack.![Pearl Harbor 15]()
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 will be returning to Pearl Harbor on Wednesday or the 70th anniversary ceremony. Accompanying him will be fellow survivors, other World War II veterans, and a handful of college students to hear their stories.![Pearl Harbor 16]()
Nov. 29, 2011: Pfundheller poses at his Greenfield, Iowa, apartment with a photo of himself taken during basic training in 1939.Pearl Harbor Attack Remembered 70 Years Later
Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor in which more than 2,400 people died. The surprise attack by the Japanese -- described by President Franklin Roosevelt as a "date which will live in infamy" -- brought the U.S. into World War II.
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- Pearl Harbor Attack Remembered 70 Years Later
