Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Pearl Harbor 71st Anniversary

A U.S. sailor with the Fleet Forces Band plays taps during a Pearl Harbor 71st anniversary remembrance ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Dec. 7, 2012. The morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese bombers staged a surprise attack on U.S. military forces in Hawaii. The day after the attack, before a joint session of Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war against Japan and the U.S. officially entered World War II. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Karen Blankenship/Released)