Updated: Monday, 08 Dec 2008, 4:04 PM EST
Published : Sunday, 07 Dec 2008, 11:31 PM EST
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 67 years ago forced the U.S. military to fully participate in World War II.
As a nation on Sunday paused to commemorate the bombing of Pearl Harbor, area retired Navy sailors also paused to reflect that fateful morning in Hawaii while looking to the future.