OAHU, Hawaii—Seven local WWII veterans will participate Dec. 7 in Pearl Harbor ceremonies, commemorating the 1941 attack by the Japanese that killed more than 2,400 service members and civilians and forced the United States into the war. The seven—who range in age from 93 to 101 years old—are among about 240,000 veterans of the war who are still alive. Over 16 million served. The veterans flew from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, to Oahu, Hawaii, on Dec. 4 for the commemoration. “December 7, 1941, changed and defined their lives forever,” Dwight Hanson, 52, a Marine Corps veteran who organized the trip, told The Epoch Times. “It changed the trajectory of the United States and the world.” The 7:55 a.m. surprise attack on Pearl Harbor sank the USS Arizona, the USS Oklahoma, and the USS Utah. Harry Hammer, a San Clemente resident who enlisted a few months before the …