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December 7, 2011, 10:11 AM

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USS ARIZONA FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, the battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Wednesday is the 70th anniversary of the attack that brought the United States into World War II. (AP File Photo)
AP File Photo
Pearl Harbor Anniversary FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, the destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the attack that brought the United States into World War II. (AP File Photo)
AP File Photo
Pearl Harbor Anniversary FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, 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. Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the attack that brought the United States into World War II. (AP File Photo)
AP File Photo
Pearl Harbor Anniversary FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background, during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the attack that brought the United States into World War II. (AP File Photo)
AP File Photo
APTOPIX Pearl Harbor Burial Navy divers swim with the urn of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during Soucy's internment ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 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 in Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
AP Photo/Marco Garcia
Pearl Harbor Survivors 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 Sunday Dec. 4, 2011. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor in which more than 2,400 people died. According to the New York Times this is the last year the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association will mark the anniversary. The association will disband on Dec. 31. (AP Photo/US Navy - Daniel Barker)
AP Photo/US Navy - Daniel Barker
Pearl Harbor Burial Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard members carry an urn, right, with the ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during Soucy's internment ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 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 in Dec. 7, 1941. Several memorials are happening the same week the country observes the 70th anniversary of the aerial bombing that killed 2,390 Americans and brought the United States into World War II. A larger ceremony to remember all those who perished will be held Wednesday just before 8 a.m. Hawaii time. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
AP Photo/Marco Garcia
APTOPIX Pearl Harbor Burial Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard seaman plays taps at sunset during the internment ceremony for Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 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 in Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
AP Photo/Marco Garcia
Pearl Harbor Burial Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard march past a photograph of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during the internment ceremony for Soucy, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 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 in Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
AP Photo/Marco Garcia
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 14, 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Lester A. Silva, 88, of Virginia Beach, Va. Silva was stationed aboard the light cruiser USS Detroit at the time of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. He suffered a leg wound during the attack. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 2, 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Ernest "Dave" Davenport, 90, of Virginia Beach, Va. Davenport was an aviation machinist's mate on a PBY 5 Catalina, a sea plane, during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 4, 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Frank A. Chebetar, 90. Chebetar was a cook aboard the USS Phelps during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. He is the president of the local Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 15, 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Bob Brunner Sr., 89, of Norfolk, Va. Brunner was a pharmacists mate at the time of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. Brunner spent 21 years in the Navy and retired as a chief corpsman. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 10, 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Eugene Brewer, 90, of Virginia Beach, Va. in Chesapeake Va. Brewer was serving aboard the USS Dale at the time of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 1, 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Baer, 93, of Norfolk, Va., in Chesapeake, Va. Baer was a Petty Officer 3rd class at the time of the attack on Dec. 7,1941. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
This Oct. 28, 2011 photo shows Floyd Sparrow, 93, of Norfolk, Va. Sparrow was stationed aboard the USS Raleigh at the time of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 7 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Preston Parham, 89. Parham was aboard the light cruiser St. Louis during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 8 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor William H. Muehleib, 89, of Virginia Beach, Va. Muehleib served in the Army Air Corps and was a 19 year-old private stationed at Hickam Field at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He is the national President of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This Nov. 7 2011 photo shows Pearl Harbor survivor Paul Moore, 90, of Chesapeake, Va. Moore was a seaman aboard the battleship West Virginia when it was hit by a Japanese torpedo at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This photo taken Nov. 15, 2011 shows Pearl Harbor survivor Eugene Gorman, 92. Gorman was a 3rd class petty officer aboard the USS Hulbert, a sea plane tender at the time of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. He made the Navy a career and retired as a Warrant officer. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary This photo taken Nov. 7, 2011 shows Pearl Harbor survivor Wilfred Gagne, 89. Gagne was a signalman aboard the battleship USS Tennessee at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 1941. Gagne made the Navy a career and retired as a Commander. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
In this Nov. 10, 2011 photo, Pearl Harbor survivor Dean Griffeth, 94, of Norfolk, Va., sits for a photo in Chesapeake, Va. Griffeth spent 30 years in the Navy and then spent 25 years working at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth. He was aboard the USS Phelps at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary In this Nov. 8, 2011 photo, widows of Pearl Harbor survivors, from left, Myrtle Dorman of Norfolk, Kathy Maloney of Chesapeake whose husband Frank Maloney died at age 90 in July 2011; Catherine "Kitty" Campbell of Virginia Beach and Sybil Stankavich of Norfolk. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary 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. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Detail of a $20 bill hangs on the wall at the home of Paul Moore in Chesapeake, Va. The bill was part of his pay he received as a young sailor aboard the battleship West Virginia on December 5,1941. Moore, 90, of Chesapeake was a aboard the battleship West Virginia when it was sunk by Japanese torpedos on December 7,1941. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Paul Moore Paul Moore, 90, of Chesapeake and a Pearl Harbor survivor, poses for a photo with his display of mementos from the attack on December 7,1941. Moore was a young sailor aboard the battleship West Virginia when it was sunk by Japanese torpedos. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Among the mementos Paul Moore has kept over the years from his days in the Navy in WWII is an album with an image of the battleship West Virginia on which he was serving during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Moore, 90, of Chesapeake, Va., was a young sailor aboard the battleship West Virginia when it was sunk by Japanese torpedos on December 7, 1941. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Anniversary In a Nov. 22, 2011 photo, 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, December 7, 2011. (AP Photo/TheVirginia-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/TheVirginia-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
Pearl Harbor Survivors In this photo taken Nov. 11, 2011, Frank A. Chebetar,90, watches units of the Veterans Day parade pass the reviewing stand, in the background, along 19th Street in Virginia Beach, Va. Chebetar and Dave Davenport represented the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association in the parade. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan
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