On Dec. 7, 1941, while negotiations were going on with Japanese representatives in Washington, Japanese carrier-based planes swept in without warning over Oahu and attacked (7:55 descr='[AM]' local time) the bulk of the U.S. Pacific fleet, moored in Pearl Harbor. Nineteen naval vessels, including eight battleships, were sunk or severely damaged; 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed. Military casualties were 2,280 killed and 1,109 wounded; 68 civilians also died. On Dec. 8, the United States declared war on Japan.
Soon there will be no more survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is up to all of us to remember that day. We have to remember the horrors of war in hopes that someday the wars will be gone.
Amen to that. We must never forget xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks for remembering
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Excellent reminder Celeste!
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU FOR THAT REMEMBRANCE CELESTE. MY FATHER WAS IN THAT WAR, AND IT ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK OF HIM WHEN I READ THINGS LIKE THIS, SO, I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. :)
ReplyDeleteKIM.
I HAD NOT REMEMBERED.....THANKS FOR REMINDING US TO TAKE THE TIME TO THINK OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE FOR US.
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May we never forget the men and woman that fought and died in that conflict Sandra x
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