European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Mam Agazine Efcy a emf mated 1.4 Nufflo pop a  a Zorn . 77w Fortt Fri a Wicht Wadk. 7,1941, Lith Tomb Lor 1.177mttn. 45 years after japanese attack Pearl Harbor thrives by Stewart Taggart associated press a after entering the narrow Harbor Channel Al Pearl Harbor visiting warships often order All hands on deck White a lower Wreath is dropped near the Sunke battleship  arizone the Tomb for 1.177 sailors. The ships then tie up at newer landmarks known As tin can Alley and hotel pier vital refuelling and re provisioning facilities that make Pearl Harbor naval base one of the american military s largest and most strategic Pacific ports. On dec 7 1941, a devastating Surprise japanese air attack killed thousands and left much of Pearl Harbor in is. The base has since become a major employer or Hawaii As Well As a critical repair and command Kieado quarters. Military veterans and civilian groups planned to Mark the 45th anniversary of the japanese attack with ceremonies including speeches and the playing of  is traditional a Flower Wreath will be dropped Over the wreckage where brightly coloured tropical fish now film Amund mile twisted Al. Oil still leaks slowly from the wreck into the surrounding Harbor. In the hearts of Many americans it lakes on much to chapter of.  said Richard Brady. Pear Harbor naval base Deputy Public affairs officer Fiona King of the  Arizona which Sank the fastest my Wiki Fife Gnall toss of life of the 18 ships that were damaged or lost. Each year an estimated 1 .4 million people visit the us antas mortal. Taking a 7.mlnu.e boat do across Pearl Harbor to sub the wreckage from a gleaming Monument built across its submerged Hull. The bodies of those who died aboard the ship were never recovered. There Are other reminders of the attack. A Small plaque at Hospital Point near the Harbor Entrance tails o the voluntary rounding of the  Nevada the Only balls ship to get under Way during the attack. The ship s Captain beached the Nevada rather than risk having it sunk in the Harbor s 800-loot-wide Entrance where it would have bodied up the remaining ships of the Fleet. World War la Era steel obstacles intended to Stop attacking amphibious Landing crafts have Only recently been removed from near the Harbor Entrance and the wreckage of tha  Utah a decommissioned battleship at tha Lima of the attack also lies at the Bottom o Pearl Harbor. Fifty eight men aboard the Ulah that morning died while 461 escaped. From almost anywhere on the Pearl Harbor naval base it la easy to see Kole Kole pass the verdant sad to i 9 trough in the Waianae mountains West of Pearl Harbor through which one  of japanese zeros slipped on their Way to the attack. Today the mountains House sophisticated secret radar installations and transmission facilities used by various military commands under the jurisdiction of lha commander in chief Pacific or c1ncpac, located at Camp he Smith on Oahu. Cinc Pac has jurisdiction Over All . Military forces Between the West coast of the United Stales and the East coast of Africa. The . Military has been a presence Here since shortly after the United states negotiated in 1884 with the hawaiian King Kalakaua for exclusive rights to the three Figerod deep water Lochs of he Harbor. The base at Pearl Harbor named Tor the Pearl oysters harvested in its brackish Waters by native hawaiians pumps More than $1 billion a year into the roughly $14 billion hawaiian Economy according la Brady. The base employs 24,000 service personnel and 16,375 civilians or roughly one of every 16 people who live on Oahu Hawaii s most populous Island Brady said. Last june s3 vessels from Japan great Britain Canada Australia and the United states look part in vast sea exercises organized from Pearl Harbor and called Rimpau b6. The exercises which involved 50,000 men brought one of the largest contingents of vessels into the port since world War ii. In late 1941, the United Stales had not yet joined world War it but was uneasily monitoring Japan s Militarist expansion in the far East. Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor was an attempt to cripple the United states Pacific Fleet As an adversary. Over several hours japanese bombing runs destroyed or damaged 18 warships destroyed 170 planes and killed 2,403 people. President Franklin d. Roosevelt immediately declared War on Japan branding dec. 7,1941, a data which will live in  undamaged in the attack were much of the base s repair and fuel facilities and reconstruction began immediately. Fuel supplies were moved to underground bunkers in the nearby Koolau mountains. Tha displaced soil was used for landfills the base expanded and remember Pearl Harbor became a rallying cry for . Forces throughout the War. Saturday december 6, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13