I also thank God that the Democrats of today were not afforded a voice in the goings-on back then. Otherwise we'd all be living under the flag of the Rising Sun.
Posted on 12/06/2005 11:08:12 PM PST by ncountylee
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- Survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will join sailors, community leaders and guests on Wednesday for the 64th anniversary of the assault.
The crowd will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m. - the moment the attack began in 1941.
A U.S. Navy ship will honor the USS Arizona, which lies submerged in Pearl Harbor with the bodies of hundreds of sailors still aboard. The Hawaii Air National Guard will fly F-15s in formation over the harbor.
The Navy's chief uniformed officer, Adm. Michael G. Mullen, is scheduled to address the crowd along with Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, who saw and heard Japanese planes drop bombs on Oahu as a teenager in Honolulu.
Navy reservists from the USS Ward, which fired the first shots of the war when its crew spotted and sank a Japanese midget submarine, will also be honored.
The Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and other military bases on Oahu lasted two hours, leaving 21 U.S. ships heavily damaged and 323 aircraft damaged or destroyed.
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America's greatest generation, we salute you.
well i will give time today to think what courage it took to fight across an ocean....and the brave who died today...
scary to think over 60 years ago at this very minute a japanese fleet was preparing for war off the coast....and the arizona was afloat...
I also thank God that the Democrats of today were not afforded a voice in the goings-on back then. Otherwise we'd all be living under the flag of the Rising Sun.
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