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‘A date which will live in infamy’
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 7, 2016 | Meg Waite Clayton

Posted on 12/07/2016 12:10:00 PM PST by artichokegrower

Just before 8 a.m. Hawaii time 75 years ago Wednesday, 353 Japanese planes bombed 19 U.S. Navy ships. Half of the 2,403 who died in the nearly two-hour attack were on the Arizona, which had helped escort President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference after the “war to end all wars.” The battleship remains sunken in Pearl Harbor, with its crew aboard.

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To: EagleUSA

And yet, almost all newspapers forget to mention what happened on APRIL 19, 1775.

It is almost as if they are ashamed of it or something.


21 posted on 12/07/2016 4:26:55 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Conan: To crush your enemies, and to hear the lamentations of their women)
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To: artichokegrower

Bombing Pearl Harbor...BIG MISTAKE. UUGE.


22 posted on 12/07/2016 4:53:39 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: mass55th

Thanks for the info re:Judge Hartwell———quite a brilliant guy.

It’s amazing how many connections there are to New England ——even the famous Parker Ranch on the Big Island was started by a guy from Newton.

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23 posted on 12/07/2016 5:28:02 PM PST by Mears
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