Pearl Harbor, 75 years later

Freshly placed wreaths rest on the deck of the USS Arizona Memorial on Dec. 7, 2015. Oil still seeping from the sunken ship can be seen on the water.  (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)

A U.S. Navy shuttle full of tourists departs the USS Arizona Memorial that floats above the wreckage of the battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor.  (Tor Johnson / Hawaii Tourism Authority)

A rusting portion of the wreckage of the USS Arizona can be seen just beyond a floral tribute placed aboard the Arizona Memorial last Dec. 7. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)

Dressed in the uniform of a Japanese pilot, employee Kodey Gratz appears at the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, site of the first attacks by Japanese warplanes on American soil.  (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)

The holes created by bullets fired from Japanese planes Dec. 7, 1941, remain in the windows of a hangar at the Pacific Aviation Museum near Honolulu.  (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)

During a visit to the site of the Honouliuli internment camp, Jane Kurahara and Carole Hayashino of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii hold a photo of the prison as it appeared during World War II.  (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)

Wearing a cap identifying him as a Pearl Harbor veteran, Lou Conter stands aboard the USS Arizona Memorial on Dec. 7, 2015. He is one of five still-living survivors of the 1941 bombing of the Arizona.  (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)