Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Four U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors fly over the Harbor during the 78th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2019. As the third F-22 Raptor pulls up and away from th More

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 07, 2012) The Joint Service Color Guard presents the colors during the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans attended the N More

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 07, 2012) Ed Vezey, a Pearl Harbor survivor, attends the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Vezey was stationed on the USS Oklahoma during More

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 07, 2012) Ed Vezey, a Pearl Harbor survivor, speaks at the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Vezey was stationed on the USS Oklahoma durin More

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 07, 2012) Capt. Jeffrey W. James, commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, speaks during the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pearl Harbor survivors and other More

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 07, 2012) Retired Rear Adm. Greg Slavonic, an executive committee member of the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony, speaks about the importance and meaning behind the memorial during Pearl Harbor More

An American Flag stands next to a photo is placed on the white marble standard of Ens. Robert Hunter at the USS Oklahoma Memorial. Visitors, including Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans, attended the Nat More

Hawaii’s Governor David Ige, pays tribute to fallen service members at USS Arizona Memorial on December 7, 2019. The ceremony was held in remembrance of the 2,390 American casualties lost during the attack on More

181207-N-QE566-0002 USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) Sailors pay tribute to the USS Utah Memorial as part of the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument More

World War II veteran Frederick Clinton salutes while being recognized at the Pearl Harbor Day event at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. Clinton, who entered the Army in 1943 at the age More

An American Flag stands next to a photo placed on the white marble standard of Ensign Robert Hunter at the USS Oklahoma Memorial. Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans attended the National Park Service and More

Pearl Harbor Survivors, World War II veterans and family members sail to the USS Arizona Memorial for a floral tribute to the fallen during the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor- More

191206-N-YM720-1170 PEARL HARBOR (December 6, 2019) Jacqueline Ashwell, superintendent of the National Park Service, says a speech during the USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 6, 2019. The More

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Director Mr. Jim Horton stands at the USS Oklahoma Memorial after the National Park Service annual Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2015. The USS Oklah More

A color guard from Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes present the colors while Rick Murray, center, a member of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Veterans Affairs, sings America the Bea More

COAST GUARD ISLAND ALAMEDA, Calif. - Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Mickey Ganitch, a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, gives a history of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association as Capt. Keith More

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Coast Guard Rear Adm. Wayne E. Justice speaks at the annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Memorial at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach Monda More

COAST GUARD ISLAND ALAMEDA, Calif. - Members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association salute the national ensign Dec. 7, 2009, during the presentation of colors at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Ceremony. A More

COAST GUARD ISLAND ALAMEDA, Calif. - Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Mickey Ganitch, a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, and Lt. Cmdr. Brian E. Higgins, acting executive officer of Base Support More

COAST GUARD ISLAND ALAMEDA, Calif. - Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Mickey Ganitch, a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric Harrison, a machinery technician statio More

Marine Corps veteran Joe Conners speaks with fellow veterans before the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony Dec. 4 at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum of Pooler, Ga. Conners, who fought in the Korean War, w More

Retired and active duty veterans commemorated Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at the American Legion Post 19’s Main Hall in Yuma, Dec. 7. “Oh, the ceremony was just great – can’t beat it,” said Anthony Nady, a Pea More

Members of the Rolling Thunder Florida Chapter 11, and the Riverview High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps prepare to present the colors during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at Ve More

171207-N-ZP059-0005 PORT TOWNSEND Wash., (Dec. 7, 2017) – Lieutenant Rory Leighty, from Milwaukee, Wis., assigned to Navy Munitions Command Pacific, CONUS West Division, Detachment Indian Island, right, talks w More

World War II Army veteran David Friedrich arrives to a hero’s welcome at Reagan National Airport, Arlington, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. Friedrich was part of a special Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, that brought Worl More

World War II veteran Olvis Osbourn poses for a photo at dinner in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. Osbourn, who was a technical sergeant in the Army and served in the European Theater as a cook, arrived in the Na More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Daniel Dicken, left, and Staff Sgt. John Sommer, raise the American flag in front of the USS Utah memorial on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 27, 2019. These flags are flown on More

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Dec. 7, 2020) Air Traffic Controller Airman Apprentice Ariel Federico, a native of Arvada, Colo., prepares the American flag in preparation for morning colors on Pearl More

201207-N-SF508-0249 HONOLULU (Dec. 7, 2020) Robert Lee, a Pearl Harbor survivor, gazes upon the Battleship Missouri from the USS Arizona Memorial as part of the 79th Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Day ceremony in More

Veterans of the USS Oklahoma stand together after the National Park Service annual USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2015. The USS Oklahoma Memorial honors the 429 men killed aboard More

Retired and active duty veterans commemorated Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at the American Legion Post 19’s Main Hall in Yuma, Dec. 7. The morning saw everyone in attendance participate in a moment of silence i More

An American Flag stands at half mast at the USS Oklahoma Memorial during Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Visitors, including Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans, attended the National Park Service and U.S. More

WWII Veteran Burke Waldron shares one of his medals with service members during the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Commemoration on Dec. 7, 2019 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The ceremony was held in r More

191206-N-YM720-1221 PEARL HARBOR (December 6, 2019) Senior Chief Machinist’s Mate Michael Sears reads the names of the Sailors who passed away while onboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The More

The Joint Service Color Guard presents the colors during the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans attended the National Park Service and U.S. More

Dr. Katie Bojakowski, Chief of Cultural and Natural resources of World War II Valor Pacific, scatter purple orchids near the USS Arizona Memorial during the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base More

A ceremonial honor rifle squad from Naval Station Great Lakes stand by to fire a 21-gun salute to Pearl Harbor Day before a wreath laying at Navy Pier for the Mayor and City of Chicago's 19th annual Pearl Harbo More

Pvt. Matthew W. Cline, an aviation operations specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, leads the Knighthawk firing squad into position during the Pearl Harbor More

Capt. Thomas Ashton, operations officer for Group Support Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, conducts jumpmaster personnel inspection on a parachute static line, Dec. 7, 2014, More

Audience members observe a colors presentation during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 7, 2016. Attendees observed various 75th anniversary tributes to in More

171207-N-ZP059-0013 PORT TOWNSEND Wash., (Dec. 7, 2017) – Commander of Naval Magazine Indian Island, Cmdr. Rocky Pulley, from Boise, Idaho, shakes the hand of a World War II veteran during a luncheon at the Sea More

Girl Scouts in the National Capital Region prepare to greet World War II veterans at a dinner event in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. The veterans traveled on an Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, to the National More

Girl Scouts in the National Capital Region prepare to greet World War II veterans, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. The veterans arrived in the National Capital Region on an Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, for a More

181207-N-QE566-0006 USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) circumnavigates the historic Ford Island paying their respect to all services members that lost their lives as part of the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day cer More

World War II veteran Dave Fleming waves while being recognized at the Pearl Harbor Day event at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. Fleming, who is 100 years old, served in the United Sta More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Daniel Dicken, left, and Staff Sgt. John Sommer, assists a family member of a Wounded Warrior vet in raising the American flag in front of the USS Utah memorial on Joint Base Pearl More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jaime Garcia commands the rifle detail during the 78th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2019. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 3d More

201207-N-SF508-0004 HONOLULU (Dec. 7, 2020) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) sails pass Ford Island and the USS Arizona Memorial as part of the 79th Pearl Harbor Day More

201207-N-AZ866-0041 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Dec. 7, 2020) Air Traffic Controller Airman Apprentice Ariel Federico, a native of Arvada, Colo., and Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Frankie Perez, a na More

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Erwinn Garrett, assigned to the USS Arizona Memorial detachment, transfers flowers to a service bowl during the 77th Pearl Harbor Rememberance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl H More

Vianna Lam, a financial technician with the National Park Service, stands by the USS Oklahoma Memorial after their annual Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2015. The USS Oklahoma Memorial honors More

181207-N-QE566-0007 USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) Sailors pay tribute to the USS Arizona Memorial as part of the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monum More

Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), renders honors during the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 78th Anniversary ceremony on Dec. 7, 2019 at Joint Base Pearl Harb More

191206-N-YM720-1256 PEARL HARBOR (December 6, 2019) World War II Veterans Burk Waldron (left) and Roy Solt talk following the USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 6, 2019. The ceremony honors More

Capt. Jeffrey W. James, Commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, speaks during the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony during Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Visitors, including Pearl Harbor survivors and other vet More

Capt. Jeffrey W. James, commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, speaks during the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans attended the Nation More

Spc. Vincent Holsather, a Chinook repair technician with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, salutes during the playing of "Taps" at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony Dec. 4 at the Migh More

Retired and active duty veterans commemorated Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at the American Legion Post 19’s Main Hall in Yuma, Dec. 7. As the ceremony and breakfast drew to a close, the colors were retired by Y More

Sgt. 1st Class Justin Cordero, procurement non-commissioned officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Group Support Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, inspects a p More

Army veteran Bill Erickson, holds a flag during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 7, 2016. Service members, veterans, retirees and civilians gathered to co More

9161207-N-KD168-038 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 7, 2016) Service members fire a 40mm charge during a 21 gun salute in honor of the attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The ship More

171207-N-ZP059-0019 PORT TOWNSEND Wash., (Dec. 7, 2017) – Commander of Naval Magazine Indian Island, Cmdr. Rocky Pulley, from Boise, Idaho, talks to World War II veterans and current Sailors during a luncheon a More

World War II Army veteran David Friedrich talks with Girl Scouts from the National Capital Region, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. Friedrich traveled to the National Capital Region as part of a special Honor Fli More

Girl Scouts in the National Capital Region greet World War II veteran Dave Fleming, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. The scouts visited Fleming and other veterans who were part of a special Honor Flight from Aust More

World War II veterans and others attend the Pearl Harbor Day event at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. The National Park Service and the Friends of the National World War II memorial More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Daniel Dicken, left, and Staff Sgt. John Sommer, retrieves an American flag from a flag pole in front of the USS Utah memorial on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 27, 2019. These More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jaime Garcia commands the rifle detail during the 78th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2019. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 3rd More

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Dec. 7, 2020) Air Traffic Controller Airman Apprentice Ariel Federico, a native of Arvada, Colo., and Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Frankie Perez, a native of Gloversville More

201207-N-SF508-0326 HONOLULU (Dec. 7, 2020) Lewis Walters, a Pearl Harbor survivor, looks at a diagram of the USS Arizona Memorial as part of the 79th Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Day ceremony in Honolulu, Hawa More

Rear Adm. Greg Slavonic, retired, an executive committee member of the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony, speaks about the importance and meaning behind the memorial during Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pearl Harb More

U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Erwinn Garrett, assigned to the USS Arizona Memorial detachment, transfers flowers to a service bowl during the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Ha More

191206-N-YM720-1299 PEARL HARBOR (December 6, 2019) World War II veteran Burk Waldron views the remains of the USS Utah following the USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2019. The More

The Marine Aircraft Group 24 Color Guard prepares to parade the colors during the National Park Service annual USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2015. The USS Oklahoma Memorial hono More

The Hawaiian Raptors fly over the USS Arizona Memorial during the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration on Dec. 7, 2019 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The ceremony was held in remembrance of More

USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony Executive Committee member, Rear Adm. Greg Slavonic, USN, retired, speaks about the importance and meaning behind the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island during Pearl Ha More

181207-N-QE566-0012 USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) Sailors pay tribute to World War II veterans including Pearl Harbor survivors at the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the World War II Valor in the More

Spc. Justin Moore, an air traffic control equipment repairman with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, salutes during the playing of "Taps" at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony Dec. 4 a More

Two Special Forces soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, successfully complete a high altitude low opening (HALO) airborne operation from over 9, More

Retired Army Maj. Gen. James L. Dozier provides remarks during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 7, 2016. Dozier was invited as the keynote speaker of the More

171207-N-ZP059-0023 PORT TOWNSEND Wash., (Dec. 7, 2017) – Commander of Naval Magazine Indian Island, Cmdr. Rocky Pulley, from Boise, Idaho, talks to World War II veterans and current Sailors during a luncheon a More

Girl Scouts in the National Capital Region greet World War II veterans, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. The veterans arrived in the National Capital Region on an Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, for a two-day vi More

Girl Scouts in the National Capital Region prepare to greet World War II veterans at a dinner event in Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. The veterans traveled on an Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, to the National More

World War II veterans Buddy Sutton and Lyle Bird are guests of honor at the Pearl Harbor Day event at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. Sutton and Bird traveled to Washington, D.C., wit More

Sailors render a salute to retired U.S. Navy radio operator, Donald Long, as he passes through the USS Arizona Memorial, Dec. 7, 2019. The USS Arizona Memorial honors all who died in the attack and provides a p More

201207-N-SF508-0492 HONOLULU (Dec. 7, 2020) Peter Yu, a Pearl Harbor survivor, places a lei in the shrine room of the USS Arizona Memorial as part of the 79th Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Day ceremony in Honolu More

The National Park Service hosts the annual USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2015. The USS Oklahoma Memorial honors the 429 men killed aboard Oklahoma Dec. 7, 1941. (U.S. Marine Cor More

Each year, Pearl Harbor survivors and visitors from all over the world to come together and honor the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 More

The Hawaiian Raptors conduct a missing man formation over the USS Arizona Memorial during the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemoration on Dec. 7, 2019 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The ceremony More

Ed Vezey, a Pearl Harbor survivor, speaks at the USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Vezey was stationed on the USS Oklahoma during the attacks on Pearl Harbor More

191206-N-YM720-1291 PEARL HARBOR (December 6, 2019) USS Utah Survivor Warren Upton is greeted by Michael Ferreira, commander of Pearl Harbor American Veterans, following the USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony in More

181207-N-QE566-0011 USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) Sailors pay tribute to World War II veterans including Pearl Harbor survivors at the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the World War II Valor in the More

Staff Sgt. Ryan Daberam, right, a senior generator technician with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, points to the fallen brass remaining after a Knighthawk firing squad sounded a 21-gun salu More

A 19th SF soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah National Guard, gathers his chute after completing a high altitude low opening (HALO) airborne operation, Dec. 7, More

George Kondas, a Pearl Harbor survivor, pauses for a photo during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 7, 2016. Kondas is 95 years old and attended the ceremo More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 7, 2016) Sailors stand in formation during a 21 gun salute in honor of the attack on Pearl Harbor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5). The ship is underway with the Bataan More

171207-N-ZP059-0031 PORT TOWNSEND Wash., (Dec. 7, 2017) – Commander of Naval Magazine Indian Island, Cmdr. Rocky Pulley, from Boise, Idaho, poses for a photo with World War II veterans and current Sailors durin More

World War II veteran Olvis Osbourn, being wheeled by Coast Guard Lt. Tracey Norman, receives a hero’s welcome at Reagan National Airport, Arlington, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. Osbourn, who was a technical sergeant in t More

World War II Navy veteran Buddy Sutton talks with Girl Scouts, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 6, 2018. Sutton arrived in the National Capital Region on a special Honor Flight from Austin, Texas, that commemorated the 77 More

World War II Navy veteran Lyle Bird, in wheelchair, takes part in a wreath presentation at the Pearl Harbor Day event at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2018. Bird, who is being wheeled by More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jaime Garcia stands at attention during the 78th Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2019. Garcia participated in the ceremony to pa More