The United States at War!
On this day in history:
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- this was simply a rude wake-up call from a relatively peaceful period in its history.
~this war was one that all ~ citizens should support in the name of their nation. The [people were told] that they were also required to put aside any differences that may have had with the government and now, "We yield to no one in our complete loyalty to the United States in conflict with any outside power." SOURCE ... (Local Editorial)
Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
The 7 December 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully-planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's southward expansion. America, unprepared and now considerably weakened, was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full combatant.
"Remember Dec. 7th!"
Remember the Twin Towers of 9-11 - Video
[Photo: The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, 7 December 1941.]
Suggested Movies/DvDs: Pearl Harbor: The Real Story | Band of Brothers
Watch Actual Footage: With the Marines at Tarawa
See also: Either War is Obsolete, or Men Are!
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