Pearl Harbor: US forces 'fired the first shot' says expert

US military top brass, veterans, and Americans the world over are readying themselves to commemorate 79 years since Pearl Harbor was pounded by an arsenal of Japanese fighter jets. The coronavirus pandemic will prevent survivors from gathering at the annual ceremony that has been held in Honolulu for decades. Axis forces reached the Hawaiian island on the morning on December 7, 1945, just before 08:00am.