Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Imperial Japanese Navy's attack on the U.S. Navy's base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Below is Pearl Harbor as it appeared on October 30, 1941.
Below is a photo taken by a Japanese pilot 38 days later on December 7 during the torpedo attack on Battleship Row, visible on the far side of Ford Island.
There were almost 4000 casualties that day, including 2400 dead.
The attack led to a war effort that included 16,000,000 American men and women in uniform. The US Department of Veterans Affairs reports that only 240,329 of these veterans survive and they are dying at the rate of 234 a day. Soon, the relics, memorials and ceremony will be all that is left to testify to America's greatest generation at war. If we are to survive, we need to remember them now and in the future for what they did to crush evil in the world.
The attack led to a war effort that included 16,000,000 American men and women in uniform. The US Department of Veterans Affairs reports that only 240,329 of these veterans survive and they are dying at the rate of 234 a day. Soon, the relics, memorials and ceremony will be all that is left to testify to America's greatest generation at war. If we are to survive, we need to remember them now and in the future for what they did to crush evil in the world.
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| USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2004 |
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