Big Picture: Pearl Harbor #2

Pearl Harbor 70th anniversary

Some 100 survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor will gather in Hawaii today 70 years after the day which drew the US into World War II. The Japanese air and naval strike on the American military base claimed nearly 2,400 lives, destroyed over 160 aircraft and beached, damaged or destroyed over 20 ships. President Franklin D. called it " a date which will live in infamy" when he addressed the Congress the next day asking to declare war with Japan. -- Lloyd Young (35 photos total)

Survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor wait outside before starting their tour of the USS Arizona Memorial at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu Dec. 5. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)

Pearl Harbor survivor Richard Mayo talks to US Navy Chief Nixon Galan at the "Remembrance Wall" on the Arizona Memorial at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii Dec. 5. Some 100 aging Pearl Harbor Survivors will attend ceremonies on Dec. 7th in Oahu marking the 70th anniversary of the Japanese air and naval assault. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)

Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard march past a photograph of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during the interment ceremony for Soucy Dec. 6 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. (Marco Garcia/Associated Press)

Navy Region Hawaii Honor Guard seaman Nick Marrero, of Greenville, Texas, holds an urn with the ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor Lee Soucy during Soucy's interment ceremony Dec. 6. (Marco Garcia/Associated Press)

US Navy divers carry the remains of Pearl Harbor survivor Lou Soucy, to be interred on the USS Utah, during a memorial ceremony on Ford Island in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 6. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)

A US Navy sailor plays taps for Pearl Harbor survivor Lou Soucy, whose remains were being interred on the USS Utah, during a memorial ceremony on Ford Island Dec. 6. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)

A B-17 bomber flies by a Pearl Harbor memorial service on the 70th anniversary of the attacks Dec. 7 in Phoenix, AZ. (Matt York/Associated Press)

Pearl Harbor survivor Edward Borucki participates in the "Walk of Honor" during the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu Dec. 7. (Hugh Gentry/Reuters)

As sailors stand at attention, the USS Chung-Hoon sails past the USS Arizona Memorial during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony on Dec. 7 in Pearl Harbor. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base which pulled the US into a war with Japan. (Marco Garcia/Associated Press)

Pearl Harbor Survivors Nelson Mitchell, 91 (left) and Marvin Rewerts, 89 walk past the USS Arizona Memorial after placing a wreath there at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremonies Dec. 7 in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press

World War II Veteran with the Navy WAVES, Helen Coyte, raises her arms as the 108th Army Band performs "Anchors Aweigh" at the Peal Harbor Remembrance Day ceremonies Dec. 7 in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)

Pearl Harbor survivors stand at attention during the National Anthem during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony Dec. 7 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base which pulled the US into a war with Japan. (Marco Garcia/Associated Press)