Today is the 66th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

[Bobbieo]

The day that changed the world!! How soon we forget.

[niyad]

1. I believe it's the 66th.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. 1988 redux.

[Bobbieo]

6. You're right, niyad. Can I use tthe excuse that I have been sick?

How about - I'm dyslexic. That I can't do math. That I remember the day very well. Jeez!!!!!

[niyad]

7. that's okay. hope you are feeling better.

[bdamomma]

2. yup, and now we are in an endless illegal invasion.

Peace on Earth, yea sure.

[Homer Wells]

4. Somehow, I don't really recall

the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor in December of 1960 (but then again my memory is getting a bit shaky these days).

:wow:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. That was the Japanese version of "Shock &Awe" in a pre-emptive strike.

And, done for a similar reason. Oil.

[ulysses]

8. I think theyre dedicating a memorial to the Oklahoma this year.

This is a good thing.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/d/d0/20070324222720!Uss_oklahoma_bb.jpg

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. It was the beginning of the end for the Japanese

I wonder if the U.S. would have intervened and, if so, how long it would have taken, if the Japanese had not hit Pearl Harbor, not taken the Philippines and other U.S. military bases in the Pacific and if they'd confined themselves to mainland China, Indonesia, and southeast Asia. The U.S. merchant marine had already had a number of vessels sunk or damaged by the Germans before Pearl Harbor, with over 200 merchant mariners killed. But the U.S. Congress still wasn't making a drastic move.