Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation
The program was interrupted by a news bulletin reporting a Japanese attack on U.S. forces 4,700 miles and five time zones away at Pearl Harbor. The location was not a familiar one to him. “I knew it was somewhere in Hawaii,” he recalled during a recent
Nearly three-quarters of a century has passed since more than 2,000 servicemen and civilians died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but “it becomes more important as time passes that we continue to have a
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation
photo In this photo from U.S. Navy archives, sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7