This act of egregious treachery occurred 70 years ago today. It reminds us why we must remain vigilant in an ever-increasingly dangerous world and why we must not develop historical amnesia. Pearl Harbor also gives us a chance to stop and remember the generation, now largely gone, who stepped up to defend our democratic way of life against the unspeakable evil of fascism.
From the History Channel:
At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.