Sunday was National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also known as simply Pearl Harbor Day. It is observed annually on Dec. 7 in the United States to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. This led to the United States declaring war on Japan and entering World War II.

In addition to the Americans who died in the attack, 1,178 more were injured. Four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk and four others damaged. Other ships were damaged and 188 aircraft were destroyed and 159 were damaged.

This year, on the 84th anniversary of the attack, a service took place at 11:55 a.m., the exact time the attack began, in the K.C. Metro area. After a moment of silence, Sollie Flora, Mayor of the City of Mission, Kansas,

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