As History.com notes, on this
day in 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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.
You can read the rest of the
piece via the below link:
Below is a photo of my old
ship, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, circa 1970, as she passes the USS Arizona Memorial at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii:
