Raising the Stars and Stripes in Pearl Harbor — PHOTOS

As the national anthem plays, a sailor raises the colors on the bow of the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Monday morning. Veterans, family members and dignitaries are converging on the site of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack that drew the United States into World War II in advance of Wednesday’s 75th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s

Petty Officer First Class Eddie Hernandez, left, and Chief petty Officer David Baine share a chuckle during rehearsal with the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band as part of the 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration on the island of Oahu on Monday, December 5, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s

Ian Fenberg of Findlay, Ohio pauses to read names of some of the men who were lost during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor at the Circle of Remembrance at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center on Monday, December 5, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s

The USS Missouri sits in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, as seen from the sunken USS Arizona memorial where the Navy and National Park Service will commemorate the 75th anniversary Wednesday of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japanese warplanes that launched the United States into World War II. (Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KeithRogers2

The aircraft carrier, USS John C. Stennis, moored across from Ford Island and the USS Missouri during the week long 75th Pearl Harbor Commemoration on the island of Oahu on Monday, December 5, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s