“date which will live in infamy.”

Once again I vent, as I have watched both the local and national news this morning and flipped through the Atlanta paper
I now know what star is in trouble, who is hosting awards shows and other needless waste of knowledge we are bombarded with.

One of the most horrific moments of history in our United States happened 77 years ago this morning,
I guess because my Dad was in WWII and Korea that I am somewhat fascinated with war history.


The Dec. 7, 1941 attack killed 2,335 Americans and wounded 1,143 more. The U.S. lost 18 ships, including five battleships. A day later, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt described Dec. 7 as a “date which will live in infamy.”

God Bless our troops past, present, and future

I'm with you, Joe!

Never forget.  Never let anyone forget.

They had some nice coverage on my station this morning. Even had an interview with a local survivor.

Joe; Thanks for initiating this post .   I remember Dad listening to our big Philco radio; and being shocked about such an attack.   I was in 7th grade so I remember it quite well.  Dad followed this most every day (radio and daily newspaper).  Herb(GA)

I think i can remember it but i was only 3 1/2 .In late 60s i worked with a man that was on a ship that got sunk . He was on another that got sunk and was in the water 48 hrs.I have the book THE DAY OF INFAMY.

I was the only one in neighborhood that put a flag out this am.

We knew a older gentleman who served on the USS Oklahoma. His service duty time was up about 30 days before pearl harbor. He had lots of friends on that ship Dec 7th that he would talk about. He reenlisted in the navy right away and served on destroyers for the duration of the war.

We Americans generally view the attack on Pearl Harbor as the beginning of WW2...

Many others would suggest that it was Nazi invasion of Poland September 1939.
Still Others would consider Mussolini's promise to 'fight alongside Hitler against any democracy' May 1938

I'd move it back to at LEAST... The Mukden Incident:  18th of September, 1931.

No, more like the appearance of a young Nguyen That Thanh, at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, asking for his country to be granted independance from colonial rule.

All the things that happened between the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand June 28, 1914, and December 7, 1941... are all related.  What a historical mess.


For Americans... all the families of, and the men lost on December 7th, 1942, I raise and salute my flag in great respect.   The path that brought us to that moment was tumultuous, but surprisingly unknown to most, and unfortunately, remains so.

Admiral Yamamoto was probably incorrectly attributed to a quotation to the effet that he regretted 'awakening a sleeping giant'... but it's clear that he was humiliated to find that his attack was carried out BEFORE a declaration of war had been transmitted.  Even moreso, having to do so under orders from the military gang who took advantage of the power of an inexperienced, adolescent man viewed as divine emperor... and drove his country and people into self-destruction.

As history tends to bear... we all... all sides... lost tremendously from the mountain of conflicts... we lost good people... we expounded inconcievable resources, and destroyed man-made and natural treasures in these fights...

...and lots of innocent people suffered and died under tremendous cruelty and horrible conditions.

The best we can hope, is that NO ASPECT of it, is ever forgotten... because the failure to know and learn from history, condems us to repeat it.

May all days of infamy be remembered, and the lessons they taught, grant us the wisdom to better direct our future.


Edited by DaveKamp - 09 Dec 2018 at 10:18pm

Friend of mine is AG teacher at the highschool he asked all of his students about Pearl harbor. Only 3 knew what he was talking about. He spent the next two days teaching history.