Pearl Harbor survivors Michael Ganitch of California and Robert McCoy of Hawaii talk during the 71st Annual Memorial Ceremony Pearl Harbor survivor Victor Miranda wipes his eyes during the 71st Annual Memorial Ceremony commemorating the WWII Attack On Pearl Harbor at the World War 2 Valor in the Pacific National Monument December 7, 2012 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This is the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on pearl Harbor. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.