Today is the 71st anniversary of the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day the United States entered World War II against the Axis powers (Japan, Germany and Italy). It is remarkable that they are all allies of the United States today! The culmination of that battle was the sinking of the USS Arizona at the cost of over 1100 American men. They are forever entombed in the ship. The Arizona memorial remains the most popular attraction in Hawaii, please visit when you are in the state. But we should never forget what happened today. Here are a couple of pictures taken from our honeymoon to Hawaii and of the Arizona as she sits today under water.
Remembering Pearl Harbor - 71 Years Ago Today!
“When the Arizona exploded, she rained sailors.” — Memories of a survivor
Amazingly, she is still leaking oil after all these years!
The names of the 1177 Sailors and Marines who died on the Arizona:
Battleship Row: The White moorings are the positions of the ships on December 7th, 1941.
2 comments:
thanks for reminding me its Dec. 7 again I forgot like so many and yet I remember my family gathered about the radio listening to Pres Roosevelt and scared that someone dared attack the US
and 9/ll was a repeat
annon love this country xoxo
odd the death toll at Dec 7 and on 9/ll were both about 3,000
annon xoxoetc
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