SSgt. Michael Warnick with the Marine Band brass quintet puts some gear on a bench at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. before performing at the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
John Sekelsky of Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. says he remembers he was ice skating on a big lake when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He was in high school at the time but later enlisted in the Air Corps and served in England with the 487 Bomb Group. Here he gets a tour of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. with Dave Benbennick of the Honor Flight network before the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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)
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)
Britain's Prince William talks to soldiers before a remembrance day ceremony at Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, Sunday Nov. 14, 2010. Clarance House announced in London, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, that Prince William and Kate Middleton are engaged, and will be married in 2011. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, pool)
