Today marks the 68th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor which killed more than 23-hundred Americans and left another eleven-hundred wounded. It stood as the most deadly attack on the U.S. at home or abroad until the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 and December 7th is still remembered as a dark day in the nation’s history. Gatherings at the site and elsewhere around the nation will remember the events of the fateful day. A moment of silence will be marked at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, when the morning calm was shattered by the first in a torrent of Japanese bombs and torpedoes.

Information taken from MetroSource