Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Monday, December 7th
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
“…a date
that will live in infamy…” – President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941
Seventy-nine years have passed
since the Attack
on Pearl Harbor, and the official entry of the United States into World War
II. On December 7th, 1941 at 7:48am, the Japanese
Navy Air Service conducted a surprise attack at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in
Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack resulted in the damage of 8 naval battleships
docked in the harbor, four of which sank, as well as 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, an
anti-aircraft training ship, and a minelayer. Since the attacks, 3 of the 4 sunken
battleships were raised and some were repaired to return to service. The USS Arizona
remains sunk and is currently the site of the USS Arizona Memorial, that remembers
the attack and the over 3,500 brave service men and women who were either lost
and injured that day.
Recommended Reading:
- Crucible of a Generation: How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Transformed America by: Kenneth J. Brody
- Date Which Will Live in Infamy: Attack on Pearl Harbor by: Virginia Loh-Hagan
- December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor by: Gordon W. Prange
- Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 by: Robert Cressman and Michael J. Wenger
- Remebering Pearl Harbor Eyewittness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women (A Collection of Stories)