On this day in 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on the US fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The result was 2402 killed by enemy action and 21 ships damaged or sunk, including 8 battleships, with two permanently lost (USS Arizona and USS Utah). Understandably, the event plunged the United States into World War II.
Let’s all take a moment to consider those who gave it all for freedom and the American way. We ow them a debt we can never repay.