Today is PEARL HARBOR DAY – “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy.” – FDR
The following is from Joshua Bote, with USA TODAY – NATION:
“December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously proclaimed.
Americans on Monday will honor the 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
The surprise raid on the major U.S. Navy base near Honolulu killed more than 2,400 Americans and left another 1,100 injured. In short, the strike signaled the entry of the United States into World War II.
According to the National Park Service, Congress designated Dec. 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in August 1994. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, a small, intimate gathering of veterans will be held at Pearl Harbor Visitor Center — though it is closed to the public.
See Bote’s full article, here: USA TODAY
MEANWHILE:
A World War Two vet in Alabama, named Major Wooten, has beaten COVID-19, just in time to celebrate his 104th birthday, last week.
His granddaughter talked to the local news, after his doctors and nurses sang “Happy Birthday” as he left the hospital in his wheelchair.
