Remembering Pearl Harbor 70 Years Ago

PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS
Pearl Harbor survivors observe the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Concert Band of the West perform at the Pearl Harbor Memorial Museum & Visitor Center during Kama'aina and military appreciation day at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 4, 2011. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor in which more than 2,400 people died. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Barker

Remembering Pearl Harbor, 70 Years Later -- L.A. Times

Seventy years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thousands of people, including about 120 survivors, are expected to return to Hawaiian island of Oahu to pay their respects to the Americans who died on Dec. 7, 1941.

An anniversary commemoration will be held early Wednesday at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, which looks out onto the USS Arizona Memorial. About 120 survivors of the Japanese attack — which killed 2,400 Americans, sunk 12 ships and destroyed 188 aircraft — are expected to attend.

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