The USS Arizonaâs entire band was lost in the attack. Almost half of the casualties at Pearl Harbor occurred on the naval battleship USS Arizona, which was hit four times by Japanese bombers and eventually sank. Among the 1,177 crewmen killed were all 21 members of the Arizonaâs band, known as U.S. Navy Band Unit (NBU) 22.
Itâs easy to underestimate how much medical care can cost: 1  Fixing a broken leg can cost up to $7,500. 2  The average cost of a 3-day hospital stay is around $30,000. 3  Comprehensive cancer care can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The cost of an average hospital stay in the U.S. nearly doubled in a decade. Charges are lower overseas, despite longer stays. The cost of the average American hospital stay nearly doubled from 2000 to 2010 while average stay length declined. The decade was a period of low inflation, but some sectors of the economy didnât get the memo. Charges for a hospitalization soared from an average $17,390 in 2000 to $33,079 in 2010.