CONWAY — Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
Ceremonies will be held at the USS Arizona Memorial today in Hawaii with about 150 World War II veterans, including approximately 40 Pearl Harbor survivors, present at Kilo Pier for the main ceremony. Eight hundred members of the public were awarded seats in a lottery to view the livestream at Pearl Harbor National Memorial’s Visitor Center.
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