Remembering the date which will live in infamy
On this date, December 7, in 1941 at close to 8:00am the first of 2 aerial attacks launched by the Empire of Japan struck the US military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in a sneak attack that has been the definition of sneak attacks for at least 3 generations. Visiting there was a poignant experience for myself and my father years ago. That memory remains fresh today though that visit was 9 years ago.
I have spoken before of the remembrances of Peal Harbor Day and the thought that, now that the survivors are dwindling, the memory of this day would start to slip to nothing. There were a number of stories on the front page of the Washington Post this morning. The story about Pearl Harbor? It was 5 inches of 1 column – on page A4. Right next to an Air France ad. (Sigh.)
