The U.S.S. Arizona was struck, exploded and sank.
The body of the ship was left where it sank and today is a memorial.
For the United States, the sneak attack was the beginning of our entry into World War Two. For more than 2,300 sailors at Pearl Harbor it was the end of their lives.
As President Franklin Roosevelt said then it would be a day that would live in infamy. And it remains so today . . . 70 years and many more wars later.
