This editorial appeared in the Middletown Press, courtesy of Digital First Media Bay Area News Group.
It was 74 years ago today that America was slapped out of its
isolationist stupor as the Japanese launched a devastating attack
against U.S. warships and personnel at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Much like Sept. 11, 2001, is for the current generation, Dec. 7, 1941, is the seminal moment of horror for what author and television newsman Tom Brokaw aptly termed “The Greatest Generation.”
Although many in that generation have now passed on, Dec. 7 remains a day that cannot be forgotten.
On that grotesque day, 2,345 Americans were killed, much of the Pacific Fleet was crippled and nearly all of the U.S. air power in the region was destroyed
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Much like Sept. 11, 2001, is for the current generation, Dec. 7, 1941, is the seminal moment of horror for what author and television newsman Tom Brokaw aptly termed “The Greatest Generation.”
Although many in that generation have now passed on, Dec. 7 remains a day that cannot be forgotten.
On that grotesque day, 2,345 Americans were killed, much of the Pacific Fleet was crippled and nearly all of the U.S. air power in the region was destroyed
