Today marks the 68th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This plunged the US into World War II the following day following day after President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech.
This battle has been of great interest to me since reading Walter Lord's "Day of Infamy" book back in 7th grade. Today, I have several books on the subject and write about it a lot in my history blog.
http://cootrshistorything.blogspot.com Look up Pearl Harbor on the labels.
I find it interesting that both the place where the war began and ended for the United States would both be located within a half mile from each other. The USS Arizona and USS Missouri are both there on Battleship Row. The explosion of the Arizona was one of the major moments of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the surrender of Japan took place on Missouri.
Right now, the Missouri isn't there. Last month it was moved to dry dock for repairs. However, December 5th, a new USS Missouri joined the US Navy, a nuclear attack submarine.
A Day to Always Remember. --RoadDog
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