Pearl Harbor survivors Joe Triolo (left) and John Terrell are mobbed by guests at the end of the 43rd annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Luncheon sponsored by the Aurora Council Navy League Monday, December 10, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Former Elginite now living in Geneva, James O'Flaherty, tells his story as a member of the U.S. Marine's 4th Defense Battalion on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked during the 43rd annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Luncheon sponsored by the Aurora Council Navy League Monday, December 10, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Home school teacher and Elite Learning Institute, Inc. member of St. Charles Leslee Dirnberger thanks Pearl Harbor Survivor Jack Loane after the 43rd annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Luncheon sponsored by the Aurora Council Navy League Monday, December 10, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Great Lakes Naval Station Commander Mike Thibodeau thanks the Pearl Harbor survivors for their service during the 43rd annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Luncheon sponsored by the Aurora Council Navy League Monday, December 10, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Pearl Harbor survivor Everitt Schlegel enjoys the singing of the "Navy Hymn" by the West Aurora High School Choir during the 43rd annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Luncheon sponsored by the Aurora Council Navy League Monday, December 10, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

With a model of a Japanese Zero fighter in the foreground, Navy League member Steve Ports of Aurora studies a map of Pearl Harbor on the day it was attacked on December 7, 1941 during the 43rd annual Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Luncheon sponsored by the Aurora Council Navy League Monday, December 10, 2012. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Ariel Smith, senior West Aurora High School

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Arton Emini, senior Marmion Academy

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner John Mason, senior Marmion Academy

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Julia Hoyda, Junior Rosary High School

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Madeline Bozik, 8th-grade Hergut Middle School

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Nathaniel Moxon, senior Naperville North

The Navy League of the United States, Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner, Nicole Hanlon, senior Kaneland High School.

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Steven Harrison, junior Waubonsie Valley

The Navy League of the United States Aurora Council 2012 Brattin Civic Youth Award Winner Tanner Cassidy, junior East Aurora