U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson, a dental technician with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, places a lei around a commemorative U.S. flag near a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

A commemorative U.S. flag rests next to U.S. Army Air Forces Pfc. Clarence Hoyt's gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. The flag was placed by U.S. Airmen during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

In the distance, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, place a commemorative U.S. flag at a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, salute a fallen U.S. servicemember's gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, walk among gravemarkers after having placed a commerative U.S. flag at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, clear fallen leaves from U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. James Strickland's gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. After clearing the gravemarker, Anderson and Titus placed a commemorative flag to honor Strickland's courage, service and sacrifice during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson, a dental technician with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, places a commemorative U.S. flag near a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, place a commemorative U.S. flag near a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, salute a fallen U.S. servicemember's gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, place a commemorative U.S. flag near a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

A commemorative U.S. flag rests next to a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. The flag was placed by U.S. Airmen during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson and Airman 1st Class Andrew Titus, dental technicians with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, salute a fallen U.S. servicemember's gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson and Titus placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)

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U.S. servicemembers remember those who fell during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941

Published Dec. 3, 2016
By Tech. Sgt. James Stewart
Headquarters Pacific Air Forces

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnnie Anderson, a dental technician with the 15th Aeromedical Squadron, places a lei around a commemorative U.S. flag near a gravemarker at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 3, 2016. Anderson placed multiple flags during a commemoration ceremony honoring the courage, service and sacrifice of the U.S. military personnel who died during the attacks on Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941. Dec. 7, 2016 marks the 75th anniversary of the attacks and the U.S. military and the State of Hawaii are hosting a series of remembrance events to honor the Pacific Theater's veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Stewart/Released)