December 7, 1941 It was Sunday, December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. Just like any other Sunday, people did their normal things such as going to church and enjoying the day off from work. At 8 A.M. that morning, while many families were still asleep, Japanese bombers, fighter planes, and torpedo planes made a sneak attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese planned to build a great empire in Southeast Asia. The empire could supply Japan …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…resembling a covered bridge was built crosswise over the hull of the ship sunk on December 7. The USS Arizona Memorial was completed in 1962. The memorial houses a museum with remains from the ship and a room in which the names of the 1,177 men who died on the ship were inscribed including the 58 aboard the USS Utah. All of Pearl Harbor became a national historic landmark in 1965 because of it historical value to the United States.