Remembering December 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day
Author: Hugh H. Morgan
I remember Pearl Harbor Day like it was yesterday. I was almost 9 years old when I heard the news on our home radio of the sudden and unprovoked attack of Japanese fliers in their drone of bomber aircraft bombed our U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. It was this devastating attack that precipitated our entry as a nation into World War II.
It was reported that more than 2,400 Americans died and 1,100 were wounded. Our country was changed forever. Following the attack, American citizens responded with the strength and resolve that characterizes Americans in times of adversity, and that same spirit carried us to victory in World War II.
On National Pearl Harbor Day, we, as a nation, honor the lives that were lost that day, and salute the veterans of World War II, members of the Greatest Generation. We also pay tribute to all those serving in the Armed Forces of our country to advance freedom around the world.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in speaking to congress said, "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
Congress declared war on the Japanese.
[Footnote: Melvine and I were privileged to visit Pearl Harbor when Navy Chaplain Timothy Moore was stationed there. It was a joyful time and we visited the US Missouri Memorial. Below are two photos of Chaplain Tim Moore's special vehicle, one with him, and the other one is of Melvine sitting in the back seat.]
Author: Hugh H. Morgan
I remember Pearl Harbor Day like it was yesterday. I was almost 9 years old when I heard the news on our home radio of the sudden and unprovoked attack of Japanese fliers in their drone of bomber aircraft bombed our U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. It was this devastating attack that precipitated our entry as a nation into World War II.
It was reported that more than 2,400 Americans died and 1,100 were wounded. Our country was changed forever. Following the attack, American citizens responded with the strength and resolve that characterizes Americans in times of adversity, and that same spirit carried us to victory in World War II.
On National Pearl Harbor Day, we, as a nation, honor the lives that were lost that day, and salute the veterans of World War II, members of the Greatest Generation. We also pay tribute to all those serving in the Armed Forces of our country to advance freedom around the world.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt in speaking to congress said, "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
Congress declared war on the Japanese.
[Footnote: Melvine and I were privileged to visit Pearl Harbor when Navy Chaplain Timothy Moore was stationed there. It was a joyful time and we visited the US Missouri Memorial. Below are two photos of Chaplain Tim Moore's special vehicle, one with him, and the other one is of Melvine sitting in the back seat.]