Today, 07 December, is the day we remember the sneak attack by the Japanese on the American naval facility at Pearl Harbor
This attack lasted only about one hour and 15 minutes but resulted in 2403 dead and 68 civilians….it destroyed 20 vessels to include 8 battleships.
We Americans observe silence on this day to remember those that died on this fateful day (sadly the ‘interest seems to be waning as the years tick by).
The word ‘Remember’ got me to thinking about this very condition….
Americans seem to be selective in their remembrance and each generation is the same…..I seems to be ‘out of sight out of min’ sort of thing.
Look at the Korean War….not much interest in what and why….Vietnam is slipping from our minds as well…and World War One is all but gone from our memory….so I asked my question how long will be be before WW2 is just a slight memory?
The Second World War today is pretty much a great grandfather issue….as Vietnam is pretty much a grandfather thing to today’s youth….with attention span of the youth of today gets boiled down to the average bowel movement how long before the sacrifice and tribulations of our WW2 vets are just something they learn about in history class if they can stay awake long enough to learn?
I tip my hat to the History Channel for keeping the war alive for all to see….but is it enough to keep the memory alive in future generations?
So many moments in this war should be remember and some should not be forgotten…..but I guess the only one thing future generations will retain is that we won World War 2 and put the evilness to bed.
Not so fast!
The same evil that we defeated in 1945 is rearing its ugly deformed heads once again.
Sorry to say I am not so sure it can be beaten down again…..I just do not see the guts or the will to beat it into oblivion this time around.
How about you?
Sorry to go on but this stuff needs saying.
Please take a moment and observe silence for those brave men that dead serving their country on this fateful day.
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Always worth remembering, to remind us of the unexpected that can begin involvement in wars. Little has changed since, sadly.
Best wishes, Pete.
I have noticed that not many America blogs have anything to say about the day…..so I guess it is sliding from memory. chuq
Today is the day we are supposed to remember the reason why we love the Japanese so much.
Today we remember the dead of that surprise package. chuq
The only dead I am interested in remembering is our own.
I do not worry about mine…I remember friends that did not live to see old age….chuq
We didn’t finish the job…we should have.
Japan a toothless tiger….I say we did what we had to chuq
My Grandfather was involved in the war…you are right that it seems to be passing by without much reaction…it was an attack that put all of our freedoms at risk…and you are right that today we have people inside our own political system, in government or not, who are working with foreign Dictators to lead us into oblivion….it’s shameful that some think those they support will only target “them” and not “you”…they will target all…read a book about daily life inside Russia or North Korea – these people who worship a “leader” who worships those Dictators will rue the day when their own freedoms are taken away.
Have you noticed how many of those dictators hide behind democracy and we throw everything at them to keep them in the fold….kinda craps on the day. chuq