Unforgettable Photos From The Attack On Pearl Harbor, 73 Years Ago Today

businessinsider.com ^ | Dec. 7, 2014 | Amanda Macias

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December 7, 1941 began as a perfect Sunday morning for the troops serving the US fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Under a early morning South Pacific sun, softball teams were lining up on the beach. Pitchers warmed up their arms, while batting rosters were finalized and the wives and kids came over from seaside church services.

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I have a similar story, I was 11 yrs old and we to sat around the room listening to the radio. I had a brother in the Marines that we didn’t know where he was at that moment and another brother in the Navy heading for Pearl Harbor and another brother in the Navy in Bremerton, Washington

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Great stuff at the link:

Pompano (SS-181) memorial at Juniper Hill Park, Frankfort, Kentucky, 2006.

In Memorium:
In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 20th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, 1982, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S. submariners who died defending their country:

“When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She’ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay / He brought me forth also into a large place: / he delivered me because he delighted in me./”

[John S Mosby]

The Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal:

26 direct hits at point blank range (8,500 yds for guns with a range of 26 miles, the USS Washington) on the Kirishima— imagine being on board that...

Here: https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-wwii-battle-had-ships-firing-point-blank-with-16-inch-guns

The Leyte Gulf battle was similarly brutal as well as the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. USS San Francisco’s bridge is preserved at Golden Gate Park— riddled bridge. Also there is the horrible story of the friendly guns destroying the USS Atlanta (flagship) killing Admiral Scott— before they realized what they’d been shooting at.