On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By the time the attack was over, 2,402 were killed and another 1,282 were wounded.
Nearly 70 years after the attack, the wounds of Pearl Harbor are still fresh for many survivors. Jack Colby was there that day and says even though he doesn't like to look back, he thinks every American needs to remember those who died.
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Posted 9:49am December 7th, 2009Yes, that day, Dec. 7th, 1941, still lives in infamy, as FDR said so eloquently. I don't remember that particular announcement but I do remember "black-outs" when we would have to cover the glow from our radios and turn off all the lights, ostensibly so that the Japanese bombers couldn't see where to bomb. I remember scrap/paper drives and ration books very well, though I was a small child, and my mother telling me not to use more sugar than necessary, to "save it for the boys overseas." It was a scary time and the world was on the brink of disaster. Our brave military saved us from a horrible future. My brothers were all in the service and we lost my first cousin in the war. People are hard-pressed today to remember how awful it really was. Thanks for this jog to our memories. God bless the U.S.A.