It’s sad how many people I talk to who don’t know the significance of December 7th. Many tell me it means there are only 17 more shopping days before Christmas. My heart just sinks. I may not have been born in the Greatest Generation, but I was taught the significance of this day well. It is the anniversary of the sneak attack by Japan on the Hawaiian Islands and most notably Pearl Harbor. When I point it out people they say, “Oh, the happened today?” or “What’s Pearl Harbor?” When I hear this last question the ignorance bothers me and I tell them it was every bit as bad if not worse than the 911 bombings. It dragged the United States into a war costing hundreds of thousands of American lives that could only be ended by dropping 2 nuclear bombs on Japan. For the civilians and soldiers that died that day all that we can do is remember them. Perhaps there’s a brief mention on the nightly news about the anniversary. It is just sad when this day comes up and few remember it and fewer will remember in the future.
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