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December 07, 2004
Pearl Harbor, and a Lesson - 2004 Edition

Today is Pearl Harbor Day.

This is the battleship U.S.S. Arizona in the 1930s:

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And this is the U.S.S. Arizona and 1177 of her crew today:

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It would behoove our enemies — actual and potential — to realize that when the United States went to war after an unprovoked attack in 1941, it ended in fire.

America has a long memory.

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[This post is a slightly-edited repeat of last year's Pearl Harbor post.]

Posted by Russ at 12:00 AM, December 7, 2004 in Nat'l Security

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Comments

Your quote of the day a few posts down about the number one cause of death in the world is appropriate today.

Posted by: Retread at December 7, 2004 08:54 PM