Pearl Harbor was attacked on this date in 1941.

[imanamerican63]

We need to remember those Sailors, Army and civilians who lost their lives during the attack. I had a great uncle who was stationed there during the attack but was actually on leave when the attack occurred. He lost many friends that day. He passed away several years ago. He always carried the burden of being away and not there for his fellow Sailors. He was a great man who lived his life to the fullest. That is what I remember about him. His stories of what he did after the attack and war against Japan still gives me the shivers.

[niyad]

1. May they all be at peace.

[tblue37]

2. My father was there. He was a 19-year-old airmen at the time.

[Dirty Socialist]

3. Japan purged

Japan purged the liberals from their colleges in the 1930s. Gee, how did that turn out for them?

[Glorfindel]

4. My uncle was stationed at Pearl Harbor, on the Enterprise

which was at sea during the Japanese attack. He served aboard Enterprise throughout the war. His older brother enlisted in the Navy after Japan attacked. These were my mother's brothers. My father was too old for military service, but his two younger brothers both served in the Army, one in California and the other in Alaska. The events of this date in 1941 definitely changed the world forever.

[DinahMoeHum]

5. What did your uncle do aboard Enterprise?

'Cause I've read Navy pilot Jack "Dusty" Kleiss's account on what happened that day. Never Call Me A Hero

I've also read air ordnanceman/rear seat gunner Alvin Kernan's book Crossing The Line - A Bluejacket's World War II Odyssey of his time on Enterprise (he served 2 deployments there)

[Glorfindel]

7. I don't know what his job was.

He was an Annapolis graduate and a lieutenant commander when he left the Navy. He lived in Iowa and didn't visit us here in Georgia very often. I wish now I had discussed the war more with him and my other uncles, but I didn't.

[CatWoman]

6. I have to look at that movie again today

[sarisataka]

10. Please tell me

You are referring to Tora, Tora, Tora

[ChazII]

8. K&R n/t

[raging moderate]

9. Thank you for remembering Pearl Harbor Day!

Also: Thank you, brave men and women who fought fascism in World War II!

[Historic NY]

11. On this 81st year of the attack 394 unknowns of the USS Oklahoma have been identified

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has quietly and diligently identified most of all the USS Oklahoma dead. This itself was a feat in separating remains, coordination, scientific analysis, in addition the seeking of DNA from family survivors.

Of the 429 killed, 394 had been buried as unknown persons. As of Sept. 15, 2021, 346 had been identified.

[link:https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2777391/dod-identifies-most-remains-of-those-killed-on-uss-oklahoma/|]