Today is the 66th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Japanese forces. From the Japanese perspective, the attack was successful. From the American perspective, it had been a catastrophe, with 2,400 dead. However, it did serve to bring the USA into World War II, ultimately assisting in defeating the Axis powers of Italy, Germany and Japan in that order. President Roosevelt declared 7 December 1941 "a day that shall live in infamy".
TY for the nice tribute. {{}}
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Sugar
Roosevelt was correct. It was a sad day.
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Roosevelt was correct. It was a sad day.
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What a dramatic photo to commemorate a dramatic event....to me war is always a lose/lose situation in terms of lives lost!Thanks Guido
ReplyDeleteThe pictures make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I can't even imagine how horrible it was for those who were right there. Linda in WA
ReplyDeleteI don't think I had ever seen this photo before.
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What a photo. I too don't believe I have ever seen this one. My husband is quite a buff of the Military channel. My father was drafted in at the end of the war. Spent the last 6 mos of it traveling all over Europe. Her was i infantry and the big guns damagaed his hearing pretty badly so they stuck him in a jeep driiving around a general. After all the concentration camps were cleared out I understand that some of them were used as stockades. As my father (quite the drinker) struck an officer and was thrown in one of them and had his rank busted. He had so many tales to tell. wae tried so hard to get him to tell us more, but of course he didn't care to talk about the actual action that he saw. I guess I can understand that. Thanks for acknowledging such a terrible event. I believe if had not happened the war would have gone on muvh longer in a much different way.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend. Barb
Today meant so much to so many, and as I watched the various celebrations and listened to stories from my elder neighbors, I thought back to how vigilant was Mr. Churchill in trying to bring this country into the fray, so needed was our manpower. Supplies just weren't enough. How strange that an unthinking, almost non-chalant act by one country trying to conquer another would result in such destruction and death on our island State. Yes, by declaring war on Japan we were forced into the European theater as Japan's allies declared war upon us in return. A horror was this instigation, no matter the outcome. That is all some choose to remember of this day, as we remember the fallen. CATHY
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Thanks for posting about Pearl Harbor and helping to keep the memory alive. With so few of the veterans still living, it's up to us to pass it on to future generations so that it is not forgotten.
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That photo captures the moment so well. I talked to my Uncle that day...on his memories of the sad time...he remembers so well. Take care.
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Just occured to me, the only times in recent history the US has suffered tremendous loss and casualties, the weapon of choice was crashing airplanes. - Barbara
ReplyDeleteBoth of my parents were in WWII on opposite sides of the world. It's only by the grace of God they survived, too!
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I already went to Dirk's blog to comment but I don't believe I commented on yours. If I already commented please forgive. That was a day of infamy just like 9/11. Talk about shock waves tht went around the world. Europe feared we wouldn't be able to help them enough, when we had to fight Japan, too. We wondered ourselves. We thought any day planes would bomb our mainland. And oh how terrible the carnage was on those Islands the U.S. had to take back from Japan. So many lost their lives there. Those names resonate, too, Iwo Jima, Wake Island, But Time seems to heal all wounds, but it sometimes takes a long time. Gerry
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