Seventy-one years ago today, about this time, Japanese planes and mini submarines attacked U.S. Naval and Army forces on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. The heaviest damage was done at a place called Pearl Harbor, ever to live in American hearts from then on. This plunged the United States into World War II, the next day with a declaration of war from the U.S. Congress after FDR's famous "Day of Infamy" speech.
In honor of it, I will be posting four entries about the attack. We still have survivors, but, sadly, that number is dwindling rapidly. I have also written about it since December 2nd.
A long time ago now, and ten years before my time, but never to be forgotten.
The Greatest Generation. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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