Thoughts for the day -- Pearl Harbor

GreatAmerican
Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:04:33 +0000

Posted on Military.com

Military Daily News;



Sixty-five years ago today, the United States endured an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that for the next 60 years – until Sept. 11, 2001 – stood as the most devastating enemy attack on U.S. soil.

Like the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor has been called a defining moment in U.S. history. It caught the country by surprise, rallied its people against their attackers and thrust the nation into a long, difficult war against tyranny…