Remember Pearl Harbor by The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

In the tragedy that was Pearl Harbor, about 2,455 men, women, and children were killed in the attacks on Oahu. The total includes 2,390 American service members and Oahu civilians, 56 Japanese aviators, and up to nine Japanese submariners. It was a brilliantly executed Japanese attack to neutralize the Pacific Fleet and gain time as the empire conquered Southeast Asia. USS Arizona dead would total 1,177 — the single greatest loss of life in U.S. Navy history. Hawaii's service members and civilians paid the initial price, but Japan would face a much greater one as America's economic might and fighting spirit eventually brought victory in the Pacific. "Pearl Harbor is a saga of swift action, stark tragedy and great heroism," author Gordon W. Prange wrote in At Dawn We Slept. Stories abound of U.S. military men, unprepared for what had come, standing up to fight back in the face of the onslaught. Many of those stories are recounted in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser's extensive coverage