USS Arizona during bombing of Pearl Harbor

The USS Arizona burns during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy/Newsmakers)

PEARL HARBOR, HI - SEPTEMBER 2: World War II Navy veteran Richard Osborn holds up an old photograph of himself at the 60th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II held on the Battleship Missouri, September 2, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Mr. Osborn was 20 years old in the photographs taken on the then Japanese occupied Guam in 1943. On September 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered …

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 04: WWII submarine veteran Henry Kudzik sits with other veterans while holding a Life magazine picture of a Japanese ship sinking after being torpedoed by the U.S.S. Nautlis, during a ceremony and commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway at the U.S. Navy Memorial on June 4, 2012 in Washington, DC. The battle of Midway took place in the south Pacific, six…

PEARL HARBOR, HI - DECEMBER 7: Veteran Howard Snell salutes the American Flag during a memorial service for 69th anniversary of the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu on December 7, 2010 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On the morning of December 7, 1941 a surprise military attack was conducted by aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy against the U.S. Pacific Fleet being…

PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII - DECEMBER 7: Vice Admiral Michael Vitale pauses for a moment in the shrine room of the USS Arizona Memorial during a memorial service for the 69th anniversary of the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu on December 7, 2010 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On the morning of December 7, 1941 a surprise military attack was conducted by aircraft of the …

HONOLULU, HAWAII - FEBRUARY 16: (FILE PHOTO) In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Vehicle Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, California, deploys the remotely operated 'Super Scorpio' to Pearl Harbor following the February 9th collision at sea involving the Japanese fishing vessel 'Ehime Maru' and USS Greeneville (SSN 772) February 14, 2001 …

HONOLULU, HI - DECEMBER 6: The Pearl Harbor Honor Guard stands at attention as the remains of Chief Yeoman Guy Pierce, who was aboard the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor, are brought on to the USS Utah Memorial December 6, 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pierce's cremains were interred within the hull of the Utah during the ceremony. The U.S. Navy commemorated the 62nd anniversary of the …

Ford Island is seen in this aeriel view during the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. The photo was taken from a Japanese plane. December 7, 2001 marks the 60th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (Photo by Getty Images)