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Superheroes imagined are entirely different from the real heroes who serve the general public on a daily basis. From the first responders to the United States military, those men and Continue Reading →
On December 7, 1941, the USS Arizona and the USS Vestal floated side-by-side when the first planes of the Japanese Empire came into view and started strafing, bombing, and torpedoing Continue Reading →
On December 7, 1941, Chief Boatswain’s Mate Joseph Leon George was serving on the repair ship, USS Vestal, which was moored inboard to the USS Arizona at Ford Island. The Continue Reading →
Louis A Conter – Witness to Infamy On December 7, 1941, Louis Anthony Conter was on board the USS Arizona moored along Battleship Row adjacent to Ford Island as the Continue Reading →
As I sit here at 6:45 am Hawaii Time on the First Sunday in December 2017, my mind can’t help but wander back to the First Sunday of December 1941. Continue Reading →
In December 2016, I made the trip to the island of Oahu in the state of Hawaii and participated in the Seventy-Fifth Commemoration of the Attack on Pearl Harbor by Continue Reading →
Dateline: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – December 7, 1941 – 7:48 am Hawaii Time – Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Commences “Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in Continue Reading →
Today I visited the USS Arizona Memorial and was overwhelmed with pride and sadness at the thought of so many young men entombed in the remains of a once proud Continue Reading →