For the first time, the bombing of Pearl Harbor was remembered in Hawaii without any surviving service members in attendance.
The Japanese invasion on December 7th of 1941 resulted in the death of 2,403 service members and civilians, with almost 1,200 people wounded.
Survivors have been the center of remembrance at ceremonies held each year at the military base, with approximately 2,000 on site for the 50th anniversary in 1991.
The Associated Press reported that only 12 service members, who were at Pearl Harbor at the time of the invasion, are still alive.
Each are now over 100 years of age, and were unable to attend Sunday’s ceremony.
Of the estimated 87,000 troops stationed at Pearl Harbor that December day in 1941, two members were able to be present last year.
Sunday’s ceremony again began with a moment of silence at 7:55 in the morning, the time the attack started, with active duty soldiers now called upon to present wreaths to honor those who were killed.
