A glass display holds a piece of a Japanese plane shot down in the battle, as well as a copy of the first typed message sent from Pearl Harbor: 'AIRRAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL" it reads.
Other items on display include a large pair of binoculars from the bridge of the USS Arizona. This being the ship in which so much carnage took place and over 1000 killed.
The exhibit also reflects on the heightened fear and anger over Japanese living in America, and the experiences of Japanese families forced to live in internment camps.
At the end of the exhibit are buttons, pins, stamps and other keepsakes produced in the wake of the attack.
All bear the national rallying call: "Remember Pearl Harbor."
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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