Navy Museum invites public to Pearl Harbor Survivor's Day

The USS Arizona Memorial sits on the location where 1,102 American sailors lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The National Naval Aviation Museum Invites the public to Pearl Harbor Survivor's Day tomorrow.

The Japanese Navy assault on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack that shocked the U.S. on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 and effectively drew the United States into World War II. Overall, twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific fleet and the U.S.S. Arizona were damaged as the death toll climbed to 2,350, along with 68 civilians and 1,178 injured. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared Dec. 7 "a date which will live in infamy." To commemorate the valiant efforts of those military service members - both the deceased and the survivors - the Volunteer Program at the National Naval Aviation Museum invites the media and public to attend its 16th Annual Pearl Harbor Survivor's Day on Friday, Dec. 7 beginning at 10:30 a.m.

The following events have been planned in order to help remember this day:

10:30 a.m. - The Tate High School Band will perform in the Blue Angel Atrium. The first 200 guests seated will receive a free commemorative collector's pin from the Volunteer Program.

11 a.m. - Ah Declare! Quartet will perform a medley of 1940's and patriotic songs.

11:30 a.m. - Guest speaker RADM Gary Jones, Commander of Naval Education and Training Command, followed by recognition of Pearl Harbor survivors.

On Saturday, Dec. 8, at 10 a.m., a memorial to the Pearl Harbor survivors will be unveiled and dedicated at the Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station Pensacola. The Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park Foundation invites the public to attend this ceremony.