A Day of Infamy.....

[hewman100]

Sunday 7th December 1941.

Today is the 68th Anniversary. We remember those who lost their lives on that fateful day.

I think I'm right in also passing on high praise and thanks to all those involved in the PHP2 project for building a virtual lasting memorial to this event.

[Jagdflieger]

A sad anniversary to be sure.

[miamieagle]

It was the last great Act in a dramatic Sad World wide stage. It cummilated in a wide World war.The Tragedy was complete!

I hope and pray we will never relive such a similar tragedy again!

may they all rest in peace!:salute:

[CrisGer]

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Pearl Harbour with the Pacific Fleet 1940

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Days of Peace still, 1941

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The Surprise was Complete...... painting by Dru Blair http://www.drublair.com/

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The Attack Begins.....

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Japanese official IJN photo, torpedo tracks in the water can be seen aimed at the battleships in Battleship row....

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IJN Photo of the battleships under attack

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USS Arizona explodes from a 800 lb hit

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The Aftermath

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Remember Pearl Harbor

War and Battle and the inevitable loss is never the decision that any nation would seek, nor is a war on the scale of World War II ever something that the world hopes to see repeated. The duty and honour of those who served and those who gave their lives was a gift of immense devotion and we nust always remember. It is our duty to be worthy of that gift and to strive in our lives and all our days to be better for it. Then they will not have died in vain.

[Ghostrider]

Salute, and may those boys rest in peace.

[safn1949]

A footnote to that event,read about the battle of Leyte gulf. the Japanese staged a feint and drew the main fleet away,then sailed up the gulf to chew up the landing force...and ran into 4 of the resurrected battleships from Pearl.

They got their rear end handed to them that night,way to go USS West Virginia and all the rest.:USA-flag:

[Rami]

God bless all those that fateful morning. :USA-flag:

[Donald Piper]

CrisGer, thanks for the nice screen bmp.