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A day that will live in infamy. It was a horrible day for Americans, but they/we are as a whole a resilient people. They rose up stronger and came back to grab victory. The saddest part is that they couldn’t bring back all the ones that lost their lives that day. So glad you choose to remember this day every year. Tara. When we forget the event we forget the lessons and the mistakes get repeated with disastrous results.

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How very true!

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My father joined the Navy right after the Pearl Harbor attack, as did so many other Patriotic young men and women. The war footing was coming with the efforts of an entire nation and when we were forced to join the war, we did so in a way never seen before or after.

My father served for the duration which in his case was over 3 1/2 years. He sailed into both theaters of war and he sailed on his LST'S the equivalent of 3 and a half times around the world.

My father left the Navy for a civilian life as a Chief Petty Officer. He would have been 103 years old day before yesterday. May, my father and all of the Greatest Generation who have passed, rest in peace. God bless the Greatest Nation in the history of the world. Thank you Tara.

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I would have to say it is a day that certainly affected all Americans, but came to define a generation. The one we refer to as the greatest generation.

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We were to have given the letter to the United States government of our hostile intentions before we attacked. It was not received until an hour after. I can think of nothing that would anger the Americans more. I fear that we have done nothing but awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. Yamamato

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Yamamoto was very knowledgeable about the US because of the period he served as Naval Attache in the Japanese Embassy in Washington. He toured America and got to know the people. His words reflected his understanding.

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My Dad enlisted in the Army after Pearl.Harbor. He had a small index finger due to a manufacturing accident and they would not draft him. He volunteered for the motor pool. My Mom remembered it well as she turn 16 the next day

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15 years later, another soldier at that radar station (but not on duty that morning) had joined a Benedictine monastery. He taught me algebra

Great guy.

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In October 1944 the “ Ghosts of Pearl Harbor” had their revenge. At the Battle of Surigao Strait the battleships that had been sunk or damaged at Pearl, “ Crossed the T” and smashed part of the Japanese fleet.

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Thank you Tara for this TDIH of Pearl Harbor, sadly I'm afraid the youngest generation of today doesn't understand the Importance of it. 🤔

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Dec 7, 2023·edited Dec 7, 2023

My parents remembered where they were and what they were doing when they heard this news on that fateful day. While the attack on Pearl Harbor was treacherous, the primacy of the aircraft carrier over the sacred belief of that of the Big Boy battleship was exposed for its fallacy. Thankfully, the greatest strength of the US Navy was not in port but away on training exercises. The carrier carried the battle to the enemy with a devastation no other surface craft had ever been capable. It was a hard and lasting lesson at too high a price.

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We always think that in our modern world life moves faster so it seems almost incomprehensible today to imagine the losses of Pearl Harbor then think about how we won at Midway only six months later. Our nation mobilized for war in a time frame almost unimaginable.

We left Afghanistan after 20 years with almost nothing to show for it, but the greatest generation defeated two world powers in less than 4 years. Unreal.

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Very unfortunate that nobody paid attention to the two warnings. So many lost lives. My father enlisted soon after in the navy and was at the invasion of Okinawa.

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My Dad's best friend died on the West Virginia. His remains were finally identified, and he came home this year. His "baby sister" was there to greet him. The funeral was impressive, and people lined the 20 or so miles road to the cemetery. My Dad would have been so happy...He talked about bringing Keith home all of the time, until his death at 95.

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Thank you, Tara.

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Had there never been the attack on Pearl Harbor, there never would have been a Hiroshima or a Nagasaki nuclear bomb dropped. The Japanese people were always thought to be an honorable people until that day. While they were negotiating a peaceful settlement in Washington, DC, they were secretly planning to attack Pearl Harbor in Tokyo. Foolish boys.

❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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I have been honored to have known members of the greatest generation. Most showed me how to be better. On this day, which will live in infamy in my memories, many paid the ultimate price that morning or for many years after. RIP brothers and sisters who served.

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