U.S. Air Force Col. Sam C. Barrett 115th Wing commander gives a speech Dec. 7, 2011, during the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam remembrance ceremony in recognition of the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attacks on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Airmen, their families and veterans gathered at Atterbury Circle, the site of the same flagpole that stood during the attack on Hickam field Dec. 7, 1941. The ceremony was held to honor the survivors of the attacks and remember the 238 Army Air Corps airmen who died defending Hickam Field.