Pearl Harbor remembered

The day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy.” Sixty-five years later, that prophecy continues to define American history.

The aerial raid on America?s largest Pacific naval base was a decisive victory for the Empire of Japan. Approximately 100 U.S. ships were attacked by enemy rocket storms and bombs. Sixteen vessels were destroyed or damaged and more than 2,400 men died during the battle.