FReeper Canteen ~ Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ~ 08 December 2022

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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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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[left that other site]

Good Evening, Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[packagingguy]

Sometimes nations go mad. Japan and Germany went mad in the 1930’s. I wish Japan and the United States never became enemies but fascism and emperor worship made the Japanese insane at the time.

Remember yes. But it’s great that Japan has been a good ally since then.

[SkyDancer]

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Salute!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Pearl Harbor, December, 7, 1941 ~

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[PROCON]

Thanks for tonight's Canteen and for remembering that fatal day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor!

BTW, I finally made it home today, WOO-HOO!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

What was your final total on snowfall? You were just shy of a foot last I saw last night and it was still coming down.

[radu]

SOOOOOO happy to hear you're home at last!!!!!!!

[luvie]

That's awesome! Welcome home!

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Thursday,
December 8, 2022

Fast-Food Encouragement

Read: Ruth 2:15–20

May you be richly rewarded by the Lord . . . under whose wings you have come to take refuge. Ruth 2:12

Maria carried her fast-food lunch to an empty table. As she bit into her burger, her eyes locked on those of a young man seated several tables away. His clothes were soiled, his hair hung limply, and he clutched at an empty paper cup. Clearly, he was hungry. How could she help? A gift of cash seemed unwise. If she bought a meal and presented it to him, might he be embarrassed? 

Just then Maria remembered the story of Ruth where Boaz, a wealthy landowner, invited the impoverished immigrant widow to glean from his fields. He ordered his men: “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her. Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her” (Ruth 2:15–16). In a culture where women were utterly dependent on their connection to men for survival, Boaz demonstrated God’s loving provision. Eventually, Boaz married Ruth, redeeming her from her serious need (4:9–10). 

As Maria rose to leave, she placed her untouched packet of fries on a nearby table, meeting the man’s eyes as she did so. If he was hungry, he might glean from her “fast-food field.” God’s heart is revealed in the stories of Scripture as they illustrate creative solutions to encourage. — Elisa Morgan

Is there someone around you today that you might invite to “glean” from the abundance in your life? Ask God to reveal the needs around you that you might respond with His heart.

Dear Father, show me who needs me to extend Your love to them today.

For further study, read Living Justly, Loving Mercy: A Biblical Response to Our Broken World.

Bible in a year: Daniel 8–10; 3 John

[lightman]

“A Pacific WWII Navy Veteran’s memories”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1749869/posts

Dad began his memoir with Pearl Harbor Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...how’s the rain doing? Enough for your water table to rise?

More than 20” of snow here...been snowing all night and all day. It has finally stopped. I hope my plow guy comes before morning. If he does not, there is no getting out of my driveway...it is more than knee deep.

[MeganC]

Good evening to you too! And big hugs from Wyoming!!!

[luvie]

"WATCH: World War II veteran, 102,
revisits Pearl Harbor on
anniversary of Japan's attack

[Fiji Hill]

This will make politically correct wokesters gag.

Remember Pearl Harbor--Carson Robison (1942)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...wanna help shovel? My deck has had more than 20” since yesterday.

Has Tippy been introduced to snow yet?

[Captain Peter Blood]

Just watched one of my favorite W.W. II films the other night, In Harm’s Way, with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.

[Fiji Hill]

Smoke on the Water--Boyd Heath (1945)

1942 Turkey in the Straw--Carson Robison (1942)