Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Pearl Harbor Day...

December 7, 1941. A day that will live in infamy.

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0755AM, December 7, 1941

By Anonymous Blogger

Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill.  Stark words clattering from the teletype machine.It was a bad day, 68 years ago, throughout a large swath of the Pacific Ocean, as the Japanese moved to secure their “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.”And kicked a giant in the nuts.  Casualties USA : 218 KIA, 364 WIA. USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA. USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA. Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA. TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA. ————————————————- Battleships USS Arizona (BB-39) – total loss when a bomb hit her magazine. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) – Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the…

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