Pearl Harbor Day. Veterans return for the 65th anniversary.

In what could be their last gathering to remember the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor, a dwindling group of aging survivors laid wreaths under life preserver rings to honour their ships Thursday in Hawaii.At precisely 7:55 a.m., the nearly 500 survivors bowed their heads. Sixty-five years ago to the minute, planes began bombing the harbour, ushering the United States into the Second World War.

The world must never forget the day that will live in infamy. Hundreds of young Americans lost their lives at this surprise attack that woke up 'the sleeping giant' -- the USA.

The godparents of my daughter were young children at homes in little towns in New Hampshire and Indiana when they heard the news on the radio. They have told me it was
so very shocking -- but at the end of the day freedom and democracy won.