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Samuel Cox, director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and Pearl Harbor survivors Wetzel Sanders and Geb Galle attend the remembrance ceremony for the crew members of the USS Nevada killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2016. Seventy-six men died from wounds from the surprise Japanese attack. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

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Samuel Cox, left, director of Naval History and Heritage Command, and Pearl Harbor survivors Wetzel Sanders and Geb Galle attend the remembrance ceremony for the crew members of the USS Nevada killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2016. Seventy-six men died from wounds from the surprise Japanese attack. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

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