FReeper Canteen ~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~ 07 DEC 2010

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, A Day Which Will Live In Infamy

 September 1940. The U.S. placed an embargo on Japan by prohibiting exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan, due to Japan's takeover of northern French Indochina.

April 1941. The Japanese signed a neutrality treaty with the Soviet Union to help prevent an attack from that direction if they were to go to war with Britain or the U.S. while taking a bigger bite out of Southeast Asia.

June 1941 through the end of July 1941. Japan occupied southern Indochina. Two days later, the U.S., Britain, and the Netherlands froze Japanese assets. This prevented Japan from buying oil, which would, in time, cripple its army and make its navy and air force completely useless.

Toward the end of 1941. With the Soviets seemingly on the verge of defeat by the Axis powers, Japan seized the opportunity to try to take the oil resources of Southeast Asia. The U.S. wanted to stop Japanese expansion but the American people were not willing to go to war to stop it. The U.S. demanded that Japan withdraw from China and Indochina, but would have settled for a token withdrawal and a promise not to take more territory.

Prior to December 1941, Japan pursued two simultaneous courses: try to get the oil embargo lifted on terms that would still let them take the territory they wanted, and to prepare for war.

The Japanese military was asked to devise a war plan. They proposed to sweep into Burma, Malaya, the East Indies, and the Philippines, in addition to establishing a defensive perimeter in the central and southwest Pacific.

They expected the U.S. to declare war but not to be willing to fight long or hard enough to win. Their greatest concern was that the U.S. Pacific Fleet, based in Pearl Harbor could foil their plans. As insurance, the Japanese navy undertook to cripple the Pacific Fleet by a surprise air attack.

The U.S. had broken the Japanese diplomatic code and knew an attack was imminent. A warning had been sent from Washington, but it arrived too late.

Early warning radar was new technology. Japanese planes were spotted by radar before the attack, but they were assumed to be a flight of American B-17s due in from the West Coast.

On December 7th 1941, on an otherwise peaceful Sunday morning on a beautiful Hawaiian island, the first wave of Japanese airplanes left 6 aircraft carriers and struck Pearl Harbor a few minutes before 8 AM local time.

In two waves of terror lasting two long hours, they killed or wounded over 3,500 Americans and sank or badly damaged 18 ships - including all 8 battleships of the Pacific Fleet - and over 350 destroyed or damaged aircraft. At least 1,177 lives were lost when the Battleship U.S.S. Arizona exploded and subsequently sank.

However, they did not sink any of our Pacific aircraft carriers and they left most of the fuel that was needed to win the war in the Pacific.

The Japanese attack brought the U.S. into the war on December 8—and brought it in the war determined to fight to the finish.

Learn More About The Attack on Pearl Harbor HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[onedoug]

1/1 CAV Americal I CORPS ´68-69.

Thanks for your service!

Military Channel´s running a good show on Doolittle´s Raiders. I always loved the B-25.... One of the airplanes of my youth....

[left that other site]

Now my big shows are the Recitals in the Spring.

But THOSE were the Days!

That one was, of course, 1n 1996.

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!

[BIGLOOK]

Honoring our Fallen

[ConorMacNessa]

Doolittle Raiders on board USS Hornet - 18apr1942

One of my favorite's as well - my surname is Mitchell - I used to have a license plate "B-25" on an old station wagon I once owned.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[tiapam]

Quite an honor!! No Mitsubishi’s? What a HOOT!

[left that other site]

All Fords Chevies and Buicks! LOL!

[onedoug]

It´s a small thing, but the vertical stabilizer on the B-25 is exactly that of today´s A-10 Warthog. And the tail of the C-130 seems scaled from the Hughes Hercules.

With apologies to Shakespeare I´d add that ´I have a certain aviation affliction...which is nothing to those that know me....´

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...did you watch Sarah Palin’s Alaska last night. She went hunting with her Dad and a family friend and she bagged a caribou.

How are you feeling? Being VERY careful? Is tomorrow the doctor visit? Gotta get you all better by Christmas.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...congrats to your Giants. How was your weekend?

I arrived back in Anchorage late, late Friday night in a snow storm. It was a white knuckle cab ride home in almost whiteout conditions. Now I need time off to rest. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor...((HUGS))...and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[PROCON]

Hi Ma!

Of course I watched Sarah's show!..:=)

I've been chewing on ibuprofen lately and working smart.

I do have my pre-op appt tomorrow; I just want to get this thing over with!!

Glad your back home!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad you are working smart and being careful. Hope you “pass” your pre-op tests and are good to go soon.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Connie, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

Hope you had a warmer day today. *HUGS*

[Stonewall Jackson]

The destroyer Shaw explodes after a bomb sets off her forward magazine. In the foreground is the bow of the battleship Nevada as she makes her famous "run for the sea".

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Lauren, Kathy. A day worth remembering.

[PERKY2004]

Good evening, Kathy and Canteeners. I heard from my wonderful DH again tonight ... yay! I biked 14 miles today. Tomorrow’s high is forecast for 64 ... so I should be able to get more biking in!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Once a soldier and young,

...They are still soldiers

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66978

...Just for the LOVE of FREEDOM..!!!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Perky...((HUGS))...good for you and him for connecting.

Good job with the 14 bike miles.

How is Snickers doing? Does she bark at the kitties? Do they hiss?