As FDR declared, "A day that will live in infamy." A classmate of mine's uncle went down w/ the Arizona.
Think so. I believe that's the "pier" referred to in the article. Many of the bodies were NEVER recovered from the ship, so this is honored as their final resting place, like a national cemetery.
Very sad. Even worse is when tourists blabber and don't pay respect while at the monument despite repeated requests to do so.
My Mom was there six weeks ago. She said it was one of the saddest things she's ever seen. Thanks for posting, Bryan.
I have a MA in US History and I teach English at Japanese Universities in Osaka. For many years Japanese NHK (State TV) would show the 1971 film "Tora, Tora, Tora" as is. If you haven't seen it, do so. Last Tuesday, instead of giving an English lesson to my night class of sumo wrestlers (seriously), I showed them the movie. A few fell asleep but most of them got into it. I'd shout out tips like "this is accurate" or "this didn't happen." Everytime I replay the movie the historical what-if start again. What if the Japanese had hunted our carriers, or came back and bombed the docks and the tank farm? What if the ultimatum had been on time? What if they had broken our codes? Yes, the Yanks (and the Allies-UK, Oz, China) won, but it wasn't etched in stone that we would. Midway could have gone either way too. Still showing the film was a bit of forbidden fruit for the sumo wrestlers who waddled off with a slight grin. I reminded them that history like this isn't taught in Japanese universities. But for one night it was.
Pearl Harbor was inspired by the British raid on the Italian port of Taranto in late 1940. Torpedo bombers, two battleships sunk, one damaged Total surprisel
I love The Onion's take on it: "Dastardly J a p s Bomb Colonially-Occupied US Non-State" hopefully in another ten or twenty years we'll finally drop the victimization nonsense.
It's a quote from The Onion. One look and you'll realize it's a complete parody site. On of my favorite stories from them was after 9/11: Hijackers Surprised to Find Themselves in Hell ...I was promised I would spend eternity in Paradise, being fed honeyed cakes by 67 virgins in a tree-lined garden, if only I would fly the airplane into one of the Twin Towers," said Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11, between attempts to vomit up the wasps, hornets, and live coals infesting his stomach. "But instead, I am fed the boiling feces of traitors by malicious, laughing Ifrit. Is this to be my reward for destroying the enemies of my faith?" The rest of Atta's words turned to raw-throated shrieks, as a tusked, asp-tongued demon burst his eyeballs and drank the fluid that ran down his face...
I know the Onion is parody, but I mistook the quoted section as the only part from the Onion and read the unquoted piece as his personal feelings.