President Barack Obama presents a wreath in the shrine room of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michele Obama, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Robert F. Willard and his wife Donna WIllard enter the shrine room of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama walks with First Lady Michele Obama, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Robert F. Willard and his wife Donna WIllard walk around the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama and Donna WIllard are seen in the aft section of the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet Barge after departing from the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama release flowers over the sunken U.S.S. Arizona at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack pauses after releasing flowers over the U.S.S. Arizona at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama release flowers over the sunken U.S.S. Arizona at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama presents a wreath in th shrine room of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo
President Barack Obama walks with First Lady Michelle Obama, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Robert F. Willard and his wife Donna WIllard walk up the ramp to the entrance of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial on December 29, 2011 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. UPI/Kent Nishimura/Pool | License Photo