Photos from the attacks and remembrance of Pearl Harbor
Naval photograph documenting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which initiated US participation in World War II. The Battleships USS WEST VIRGINIA and USS TENNESSEE are seen after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Veteran's and family members look on as bricks are placed in Kenosha's Navy Park Memorial to commemorate the victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing on Sat. Sept. 2.
In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo released by the U.S. Navy, 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.
Stan Valentine (cq), a Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II veteran, at Navy Memorial Park, Thursday May 24, 2001.
Stan Valentine, a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, says that Pearl Harbor survivors wear Hawaiian shirts to reunions. The Navy Memorial Park in the 5100 block of Seventh Avenue in Kenosha includes an anchor from a Navy cruiser.
Tom Sachs of Wisconsin Rapids with the Vietnam Veterans proudly displays the U.S. flag during the Pearl Harbor Memorial ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2534 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006.
Joseph Sweeney of La Crosse, witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor when he was 21 years old.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appears before a joint session of Congress appealing for a declaration of war against Japan in Washington D.C. in this Dec. 8, 1941 file photo.
Donald Englund (cq), who was at Hickam Air Field on December 7, 1941, attends a memorial service at the VFW Clubhouse, 820 Main Street, Monday, December 7, 1999.
Bricks are placed in the walkway of the Navy Park Memorial Flagpole in Kenosha on Sat. Sept. 2. The bricks are there to commemerate victims of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941.
On the 63rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Madison's Mello Stapleton was on hand Tuesday when a World War II Veterans Memorial plaque was unveiled at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W. Mifflin St. Stapleton was in the Army Air Corps, stationed at Hickam Field near Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese attacked on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs hopes to have the plaque permanently placed in the State Capitol.
Fantastic patterns of flame and smoke are seen at the moment the magazine exploded on the destroyer USS Shaw during the attack on Pearl Harbor in this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo. Japan's bombing of U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor brings the U.S. into World War II.
Smoke billows from the USS Arizona after a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo. The attack triggered the U.S. entry into World War II.
The Arizona Memorial is seen here viewed for the deck of the Battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, in Honolulu. Friday, Dec. 7, 2001 marks the 60th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Survivors from the battleship USS Oklahoma pose for a group picture aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, in Honolulu.
Area residents who fought in World War II and survived the attack on Pearl Harbor attended a memorial ceremony Friday at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Today is the 61st anniversary of the attack that killed more than 2,300 military personnel and civilians and brought the United States into the war. From left are Floyd TeWinkel of Sun Prairie, Charlie May of Madison, William Scheer of Waunakee and Art Rortvedt of Madison.
Allan Boyd Miller's uncle, Joseph P. Mickes, served on the battleship USS Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor.
This Dec. 7, 1941 file photo shows the terrible results of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, as the USS Arizona goes down in flames and smoke. The attack is one of the defining moments in the lives of most Americans who were alive at the time
American ships burn during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo.
Commander of the rifle squad, Joe Kosek, of the 2534 Veterans Foreign Wars salutes during flag raising at the Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
Members of the staff of a U.S. Army recruiting station in Boston, Mass., gather around a radio to listen to President Franklin Roosevelt's special message broadcast on the radio in this Dec. 8, 1941 file photo. The president's message to a joint session of Congress asked for a declaration of war against Japan.
The 64th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was remembered at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on Wednesday, December 7, 2005, honoring Wisconsin soldiers who survived including Amos Peterson, left, and Bob Feller.
For Rob on the Road: Stan Valentine, a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, has a Pearl Harbor commemorative medal.
Three U.S. battleships are hit from the air during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Japan's bombing of U.S. military bases at Pearl Harbor brings the U.S. into World War II. From left are: USS West Virginia, severely damaged; USS Tennessee, damaged; and USS Arizona, sunk.
Norman Hansen (cq) with pictures of his two brothers, Harvey, left, and Clarence, Friday November 16, 2001. Harvey was Racine's only Pearl Harbor victim. He died on the USS Arizona, and his brother, Clarence, died in the Pacific Theater 11 months later.
Left to right Mikael Asfoor, Ron Asfoor,and Bill Bruring fold a flag that once flew over Pearl Harbor, and will fly over LaCrosse on Flag Day.
Ewald Koch, 82, Madison, remembers, as he waits outside for his chance to see the movie Pearl Harbor at Point Cinema Friday morning.
Pearl Harbor survivor Donald Albitz of Holmen.
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