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Rediscovering The Lessons Of Pearl Harbor

Big Red Car — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:27:23 +0000

Eighty years ago today, the Empire of Japan unleashed an unprovoked attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor on a clear Sunday morning whilst soldiers and sailors innocently ate breakfast, prepared for church, raised the flag, and went about their business. Two waves of Japanese bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters — 353 in all […]

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7 December 1941 — A Date That Will Live In Infamy

Big Red Car — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 19:28:09 +0000

At 8:00 AM on Sunday 7 December 1941 Japan attacked the United States naval installations and fleet resting at anchor in Pearl Harbor. American aircraft carriers were out to sea, a lucky break for the US. Thus began the involvement of the United States in World War II which resulted in a resounding defeat […]

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Pearl Harbor Day

Big Red Car — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:39:17 +0000

Every Pearl Harbor Day, I remember a conversation I had with a soldier who had been at Pearl on the day of the attack. It reverberates in my head. I can’t get it out. This man had been at Sunday morning chow and was returning to his barracks when a Jap Zero made a low […]

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Pearl Harbor Day – “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy”

Big Red Car — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:56:10 +0000

Today is Pearl Harbor Day, which President Franklin Roosevelt called, “a date which will live in infamy.” The Empire of Japan unleashed an hours long sneak attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in the early morning hours of a Sunday morning. It was a devastating attack. One of the main targets of […]

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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy — the Attack on Pearl Harbor Revisited

Big Red Car — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 17:12:03 +0000

Big Red Car here in a somber mood. This post was first made last year on Pearl Harbor Day and I cannot improve upon it. So here it is again. This is how World War II started for the Americans. The English and French had been fighting the Germans for some time now. It was […]

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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy — the attack on Pearl Harbor

Big Red Car — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:25:52 +0000

Big Red Car here in a somber mood. This is how World War II started for the Americans. The English and French had been fighting the Germans for some time now. It was a devastating attack and almost destroyed the entire American Pacific Fleet. But the Japanese failed to send in another wave (or two) […]

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