"We Must Remember Pearl Harbor". 2,402 Americans lost their lives on that tragic day. One of the two worst attacks on American Soil, the other being 60 years later on 9/11/01. There still remains an oil slick on the water surface of Pearl Harbor above where the U.S.S. Arizona was sunk, killing 1,177 American Sailors, half of the total lives lost on that day. May all of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who perished on that fateful day, and days following that lead us into WWII, rest in peace.