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Jim Hardwick of Dallas, Texas is wheeled away after laying a wreath at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 during the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony. Mr. Hardwick, who was 17 when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, served in the Pacific in World War II. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Eighty-eight-year-old Thomos Conlon of Cumberland, Md. stands at attention and salutes during the playing of the national anthem at the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day celebration at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Mr. Conlon fought in the Pacific with the U.S. Army and was one of the soldiers who lined the tracks during Pres. Roosevelt's funeral train parade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A U.S. Park Police officer salutes as the United States Armed Forces Color Guard presents the colors at the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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CSC Marsha Stepp, left, U.S. Navy Reserves, talks with Olaf Miller of McLean, Va., who served with the U.S. Army at what was then Fort Hoyl but is now part of Aberdeen in 1942. Mr. Miller was one of several World War II veterans who came out to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Harry Patch, who served in the Pacific with the U.S. Navy during World War II, is interviewed at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 before a National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony. Vipul Tripathi with Reingold communications accompanied Mr. Patch, who was one of several veterans who came for the ceremony. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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This image from amateur video that AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital intensified as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (Associated Press/Ugarit News via AP Video)
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Chris Hoehne, 50, of Fairfax, Va., aligns Boy Scouts from Pack 15 in Fairfax while participants in a Civil War reenactment at Blenheim's Civil War Interpretive Center in Fairfax, Va., on Sunday, December 2, 2012. Hoehne is part of The Fairfax Rifles who partake in Civil War reenactment though out the year. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
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Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian President Morsi supporters chant slogans during a funeral of three victims who were killed during Wednesday's clashes outside Al Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. During the funeral, thousands Islamist mourners chanted, "with blood and soul, we redeem Islam," pumping their fists in the air. "Egypt is Islamic, it will not be secular, it will not be liberal," they chanted as they walked in a funeral procession that filled streets around Al-Azhar mosque. Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets after Friday midday prayers in rival rallies and marches across Cairo, as the standoff deepened over what opponents call the Islamist president's power grab, raising the specter of more violence. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Egyptian army tanks secure the perimeter of the presidential palace while protesters gather chanting anti president Mohammed Morsi slogans, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Egypt's political crisis spiraled deeper into bitterness and recrimination Friday as thousands of Islamist backers of the president vowed vengeance at a funeral for two men killed in bloody clashes earlier this week and large crowds of the president's opponents marched on his palace to increase pressure after he rejected their demands. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian President Morsi supporters carry two bodies who were killed during Wednesday's clashes during their funeral outside Al Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. During the funeral, thousands Islamist mourners chanted, "with blood and soul, we redeem Islam," pumping their fists in the air. "Egypt is Islamic, it will not be secular, it will not be liberal," they chanted as they walked in a funeral procession that filled streets around Al-Azhar mosque. Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets after Friday midday prayers in rival rallies and marches across Cairo, as the standoff deepened over what opponents call the Islamist president's power grab, raising the specter of more violence. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian President Morsi supporters chant slogans during the funeral of three victims who were killed during Wednesday's clashes outside Al-Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. During the funeral, thousands Islamist mourners chanted, "with blood and soul, we redeem Islam," pumping their fists in the air. "Egypt is Islamic, it will not be secular, it will not be liberal," they chanted as they walked in a funeral procession that filled streets around Al-Azhar mosque. Arabic on the poster, up, reads, "Martyrs legitimacy." (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian President Morsi supporters chant slogans during a funeral of three victims who were killed during Wednesday's clashes outside Al-Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. During the funeral, thousands Islamist mourners chanted, "with blood and soul, we redeem Islam," pumping their fists in the air. "Egypt is Islamic, it will not be secular, it will not be liberal," they chanted as they walked in a funeral procession that filled streets around Al-Azhar mosque. Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets after Friday midday prayers in rival rallies and marches across Cairo, as the standoff deepened over what opponents call the Islamist president's power grab, raising the specter of more violence. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is shown during the surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941. Black smoke rises from American ships in the harbor. Below is a U.S. Army air field. (AP Photo)
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This is an undated photograph of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was the commander of Japan's Combined Fleet and planned the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. He was gunned down by the U.S. Army Air Force while inspecting the Northern Solomon Islands on April 18, 1943. Yamamoto was born in Japan in 1884 and studied at Harvard University in the U.S. (AP Photo)
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Japanese planes over Hawaii during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, are shown in this scene from a Japanese newsreel. The film was obtained by the U.S. War Department and released to U.S. newsreels. (AP Photo/U.S. War Department)
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In this Dec. 7, 1941 file photo, the destroyer USS Shaw explodes after being hit by bombs during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the attack that brought the United States into World War II. (AP File Photo)
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The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. The ship sank with more than 80 percent of its 1,500-man crew, including Rear Admiral Issac C. Kidd. The attack, which left 2,343 Americans dead and 916 missing, broke the backbone of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and forced America out of a policy of isolationism. President Franklin D. Roosvelt announced that it was "a date which will live in infamy" and Congress declared war on Japan the morning after. This was the first attack on American territory since 1812. (AP Photo)
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A Japanese dive bomber goes into its last dive as it heads toward the ground in flames after it was hit by Naval anti-aircraft fire during surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)
