FReeper Canteen ~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~ 06 December 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~

On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the U.S. Forces stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By planning his attack on a Sunday, the Japanese commander Admiral Nagumo, hoped to catch the entire fleet in port. As luck would have it, the Aircraft Carriers and one of the Battleships were not in port. (The USS Enterprise was returning from Wake Island, where it had just delivered some aircraft. The USS Lexington was ferrying aircraft to Midway, and the USS Saratoga and USS Colorado were undergoing repairs in the United States.) In spite of the latest intelligence reports about the missing aircraft carriers (his most important targets), Admiral Nagumo decided to continue the attack with his force of six carriers and 423 aircraft. At a range of 230 miles north of Oahu, he launched the first wave of a two-wave attack. Beginning at 0600 hours his first wave consisted of 183 fighters and torpedo bombers which struck at the fleet in Pearl Harbor and the airfields in Hickam, Kaneohe and Ewa. The second strike, launched at 0715 hours, consisted of 167 aircraft, which again struck at the same targets. At 0753 hours the first wave consisting of 40 Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers, 51 Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers, 50 high altitude bombers and 43 Zeros struck airfields and Pearl Harbor. Within the next hour, the second wave arrived and continued the attack.

Information from here...LOTS of pictures

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Pearl Harbor Timeline

USS Ward, Report of Pearl Harbor Attack

The Search for the World War II Japanese Midget Submarine
Sunk off Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

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[Kathy in Alaska]

So much for working on it tonight...I fell asleep in my lounger with my blankie. There is always tomorrow or Saturday. LOL!!

[radu]

It WAS a nightmare! The apartment was all-electric so there was no heat. I spent the whole time dressed in layers of clothing under the heaviest coat I had.

We certainly don’t need any more tree damage. We’ve had more than enough of that this year.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...there will be NO forgetting!!

[luvie]

Guess I’ll go for tonight. I didn’t sleep well last night. And Peaches was outside! I think deep down I was feeling bad that he was out in the cold. Of course, the other 7 were too, and I tried to tell myself that it wasn’t any different. LOL!

Anyhow...stay warm if you can. Talk tomorrow!

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Did the day turn out nice enough to run through the grasses? :-)

It looked pretty through our windows but wasn’t a day to go out for any reason, though I had to. Grocery day and food is a must. LOL

[radu]

Color me surprised. NOT!
LOL!

The rest was more important. You’ll get the bed cleaned off eventually. :-)

[radu]

I hope you get some sleep tonight. I understand fretting about kitties being outside in the cold. Been there, done that more than once. LOL

Catch ya tomorrow.

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s 33 now and maybe some snow over night. The weekend may be rain and then cold again and maybe snow at the beginning of the week.

I’m more than willing to take your cold.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Paal Gulli…

Thank you for sharing a great story of history.

[radu]

You are MORE than welcome to it! LOL!
It’s 23 at the moment and I’m sure it isn’t through dropping.

I guess we’re gonna run the gamut this weekend with the wet stuff - - a little of everything. Sure would be nice if we had a fireplace to sit in front of. We have the logs aplenty!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Stay warm, mountainlion, among your “friends”.

God Bless your cousin for giving his all for his country,

Happy birthday, Mom.

[E.G.C.]

The weather was nice yesterday. I think we have one more day of nice weather before it starts to go downhill.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...you and Gizmo stay warm.

And have a great Thursday.

[radu]

I hope you do get the one more nice day. It sounds like the weekend is going to be the pits for a lot of us.

[left that other site]

Thanks for the remedies! :-)

[SkyDancer]

And a Good Chilly (22deg) Morning to you! (((HUGS)))

[ExTexasRedhead]

I think everyone will enjoy and appreciate this text. I do not have the source other than it was sent to me by an awesome friend whose been a Freeper for years.

“JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded, “Does that include those who are buried here?” DeGaulle did not respond. You could have heard a pin drop.

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of ‘empire building’ by George Bush. He answered by saying, “Over the years, the United States has sent many of Its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for In return is enough to bury those that did not return.” You could have heard a pin drop.

There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, One of the French engineers came back into the room saying, “Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?” A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: “Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships. How many does France have?”
You Could have heard a pin drop.

A U.S. Navy admiral was attending a naval conference that included admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French navies at a cocktail reception. He found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks when a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, “Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?” Without hesitating, the American admiral replied, “Maybe it’s because the Brit’s, Canadians, Aussie’s and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.” You could have heard a pin drop.

AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. “You have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. “Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.” The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.” “Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !” The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ‘’Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.” You could have heard a pin drop.”

[luvie]

Awesome story! Shared!

[bitt]

pause for reflection ping

[luvie]

Every. Single. Night!
But all the fun happens late at night!
That's my excuse...
...and I'm stickin' to it! LOL!
Hope all of you are having a GREAT Thursday!
What's the weather like there?
It's cool and cloudy here.
Will be colder over the weekend.
Anyhooooo....🦉.....get ready for that weekend!
It's on its way!
((((hugs))))