The Pentagon announced Tuesday plans to identify the remains of over 2,000 of sailors and soldiers killed on board the USS Oklahoma . The USS Oklahoma sank during the December 7 , 1941 Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor , the American military base and port . The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the death of hundreds Americans and marked the United States ' entrance into World War II .
The Pentagon announced Tuesday plans to identify the remains of hundreds of sailors and soldiers killed on board the USS Oklahoma . The USS Oklahoma sank during the December 7 , 1941 Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor , the American military base and port . The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in the death of over 2,000 Americans and marked the United States ' entrance into World War II .