Benefits of APY vs. Interest Rate. Interest rates are important, but the APY tells you what you're really earning on your savings account. For example, you can analyze two accounts both paying 4 percent per year. But one pays interest semiannually, making your APY 4.04 percent.
How many people died at Pearl Harbor during the attack? The total number of military personnel killed was 2,335, including 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army. Added to this were 68 civilians, making the total 2403 people dead. 1,177 were from the USS Arizona. The number of wounded came to 1,143 with 710 navy, 69 marines, and 364 army, as well as 103 civilians.
Pearl Harbor attack. Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.