Pearl Harbor

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Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the movie “Pearl Habor.” (Courtesy Buena Vista Home Entertainment)

A U.S. Marine plays "Taps" at the end of the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. This marks the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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In this U.S. Navy file photo, a small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 during World War II. Two men can be seen on the superstructure, upper center. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese Imperial Navy navigator Takeshi Maeda guided his Kate bomber to Pearl Harbor and fired a torpedo that helped sink the USS West Virginia. President Barack Obama on Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 issued a proclamation declaring Dec. 7 a day of remembrance in honor of the 2,400 Americans who died at Pearl Harbor. He urged federal agencies, organizations and others to fly their flags at half-staff. (AP Photo, File)

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A Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is shown during the surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941. Black smoke rises from American ships in the harbor. Below is a U.S. Army air field. (AP Photo)

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Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was accused by a special commission of dereliction of duty over the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Jan. 24, 1942. (AP Photo)

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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)

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A Japanese dive bomber goes into its last dive as it heads toward the ground in flames after it was hit by Naval anti-aircraft fire during surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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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, on December 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Nevada beached at Hospital Point at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in December 1941. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

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**FILE** In this U.S. Navy photo, a small boat rescues a USS West Virginia crew member from the water after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, during World War II. Two men (upper center) can be seen on the superstructure. The mast of the USS Tennessee is beyond the burning West Virginia. On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese Imperial Navy navigator Takeshi Maeda guided his Kate bomber to Pearl Harbor and fired a torpedo that helped sink the USS West Virginia. (Associated Press)

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Thomas C. Griffin, one of five surviving Doolittle Raiders, listens to questions in Dayton, Ohio, during the 70th anniversary celebration of the World War II mission to bomb Japan four months after Pearl Harbor. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive Dec. 29, 2011, at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. (Associated Press)

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Pearl Harbor survivors (front row, from left) Robert Welkner, Aaron Chabin and John Jankowski prepare to cast a wreath into the Hudson River in New York aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (Associated Press)

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"It was the first time I'd ever seen death like that. I never realized you could die so easily. It's something that can haunt you. I never forgot." - Edward Davis, 90-year-old Army veteran stationed at Pearl Harbor during the attack. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)