December 7, 1941
"a day that will live in infamy"
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Japanese launched an attack on the
US Fleet in Pearl Harbor.
Almost all ships were damaged;
5 of 8 battle ships were sunk or sinking;
2400 servicemen and 68 civilians were lost.
The US officially entered WWII.
This is the USS Arizona Memorial,
which we visited last November.
A very moving experience
and a fitting reminder of the lives lost to war
- all wars, not just WWII.
Seventy years later,
Japan is now one of our strongest allies.
May all earth's children learn the value of
working together and living in peace.
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