With the USS Arizona memorial in the background, Pearl Harbor survivor Richard Laubert, of Phoenix, Oregon, attends the 69th anniversary ceremony marking the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 2010, in Pearl Harbor, HawaiiAmericans across the United States are holding ceremonies Tuesday to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Hundreds of people are estimated to be gathered at Pearl Harbor, where a new visitor's center is to open at the scene of the attack, near the site where the battleship Arizona sank.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese aircraft attacked the base just before 8 a.m., Hawaii time. The attack killed more than 2,400 Americans, sank five battleships and drew the United States into World War II.
More than 1,100 sailors died on the Arizona, which still lies at the bottom of the harbor. It is a memorial to what then-U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt described as "a date which will live in infamy."
At the same time as the Hawaii ceremony, the National Park Service in Washington held a wreath-laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
07-12-2010What's happening at Pearl harbor right now?
07-12-2010Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is makeup by the American.
07-12-2010 Deborah Leigh (USA)Too bad your article didn't list the other ships and their memorials in the harbor. God bless the Arizona and her crew, but the Utah is still resting on the bottom. Tell the whole story. God bless everyone who was at the Harbor that day!
07-12-2010 (United States of America)REST IN PEACE. THANKS FOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY. MY FAMILY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE. REST IN PEACE. grateful (free) American
07-12-2010 Anthony Seminara (USA)GOD BLESS ALL OUR FIGHTING MEN PAST AND PRESENT AND MAY ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON REST IN PEACE
07-12-2010 Jack Straw (US of A)A day worth remembering, one the government could have easily avoided by alerting the base of the incoming Japanese fleet. But then again we wouldn't have gotten involved in World War II if Roosevelt hadn't allowed so many men to die without warning
07-12-2010Don't you wonder if Iraq will have heir own Pearl Harbor like day when the imperialist U. S. invaded their country?
07-12-2010 Tilomai Tui (Hawaii)I thank you to those who risk there lives, and may they rest in peace with the Love of God.
07-12-2010 Debbie Barr (Tacoma,wa)My great-uncle George Scott was at pearlharborthat morning. He was able to fire on the Japanese planes. He was from Bremerton,WA.
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