Debbie Schlussel: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” . . . or Will It?

Sixty-nine years ago, today, on December 7, 1941, America was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. We did nothing to merit this attack and were at peace with Japan . . . or so we thought. America hadn’t entered World War II and this brought us in. But 69 years is a long time ago and there are few survivors of the Pearl Harbor bombing left. Some estimates say there are only 3,000 survivors today out of the 60,000 servicemen on the Hawaiian island, that day. Our heroes from that day are dying out. The few that survive are very old, in their ’80s and ’90s. Most sad, the national Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is considering disbanding. Its national convention in Honolulu, this week, may be its last.

2,388 U.S. military personnel were killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 1,178 American servicemen were wounded. 12 ships were sunk or beached, 9 damaged. We lost 164 aircraft to total destruction, and 159 others were damaged. Read more...