Col. Maynard "Max" Mendoza, left, commander of the 624th Regional Support Group at Hickam Field, greets former Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, right, who served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, at the 72nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2013. Akaka served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II and was the first Native Hawaiian to serve in the U.S. Senate; he retired in January 2013.