Today marks the 81st year since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, an event which resulted in the deaths of 2402 Americans and would plunge the United States into world war.
It is, as President Roosevelt proclaimed as he addressed a stunned nation, “A date which will live in infamy.”
While we will never forget that day, let’s also not forget those men and women who did what had to be done to keep us free. We owe them a debt to keep up the fight.
While we remember Pearl Harbor, a day that will live in infamy,
NEVER FORGET WAKE ISLAND [U.S. Territory attacked and later invaded by Japan].
The Battle for Wake Island occurred nearly simultaneously as the attack on Pearl Harbor, but it was over the international date line so it is recorded as occurring on December 8, 1941.
U.S. MARINES and unarmed U.S. Civilian construction contractors [the DoD was afraid to arm them for fear “they would be treated like enemy combatants”] fought off Japan for nearly a month and had the only repulsion(s) of amphibious landings [3 separate times].
Wake was considered too difficult to recover, and all aid went to Pearl and the defenders of Wake Island, on December 23, 1941, were finally captured and interred or died like dogs.
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/02/the-98-rock-of-wake-island.html
That is the reason the U.S. NAVY stood up its fighting Construction Battalions [CBs], The U.S. NAVY SEABEES.
HOORAH !!!
And our fight song recites “And We Promise To Remember, The 7th of December” NOT because of Pearl, but because of Wake.
N E V E R F O R G E T
And
GOD BLESS MY BEES.
“Construimus, Batuimus.”
We Build, We Fight.
Also the simultaneous attacks across the Pacific, especially Hong Kong where a similar number were killed.
Never forget why we were attacked. If you do, or don’t know, it will likely happen again.
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