Posted on 12/08/2009 2:07:03 AM PST by SolidWood
On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the U. S. Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in which thousands of Americans lost their lives and our naval fleet was severely damaged. The events of that day, which President Franklin Roosevelt vowed would “live in infamy,” proved for many Americans that aggressors would not simply ignore us if we ignored them. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched America into the Second World War, and our Greatest Generation did not hesitate when asked to sacrifice for their country. American men enlisted in droves, American women went to work in the factories that became our “Arsenal of Democracy,” and many Americans gave what little money they had to buy the war bonds that funded it all. They stormed the beaches at Normandy and fought on little known islands in the Pacific in the name of liberty. They don’t ask for our thanks, but I hope we will continue to give it because the sacrifice that began at Pearl Harbor is one of the many events that have defined the United States of America as “the last best hope of man on earth.”
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Thanks, Mrs. Palin.
Your message is supposed to be the message of the seating President in the White House ... reminding us of how truly special this day is.
But nahh.. He’s in Europe politicizing with AGW cultists seeking to find ways to further destroy our economy and our heritage. But never mind that impostor in the WH. He’s not a believer of that very Great Generation anyway.
Pearl Harbor Day is for both the fallen, still living and now dead heroes of WW II. Our thanks and prayers will always be for them and the sacrifices they gave for our precious freedom and security.
And did Obama have any speech or comments about Pearl Harbor?
Idiot
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