Each year on Dec. 7, we observe Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On this day in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service conducted a surprise attack on the Hawaiian naval station at Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,400 Americans, sinking or damaging 15 naval vessels, and downing hundreds of aircraft. The event resulted in the United States entering World War II. In reaction to the significant loss of life, President Franklin D. Roosevelt notably referred to Dec. 7 as “a date which will live i

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