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Dec. 7, 1941:a date which will live in

infamyOn Dec. 7, 1941 at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber

bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wingsappears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of

360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a

critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew theUnited States irrevocably into World War II.

With diplomatic negotiations with Japan breaking down, President Franklin D. Roo-sevelt and his advisers knew that an immi-nent Japanese attack was probable, but noth-ing had been done to increase security at the important naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was Sunday morning, and many military person-nel had been given passes to attend religious services off base. At 7:02 a.m., two radar operators spotted large groups of aircraft in flight toward the island from the north, but, with a flight of B-17s expected from the United States at the time, they were told to sound no alarm. Thus, the Japanese air as-sault came as a devastating surprise to the naval base.

Much of the Pacific fleet was rendered useless: Five of eight battleships, three de-stroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 air-craft were destroyed.

A total of 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,200 were wounded, many while val-iantly attempting to repulse the attack. Ja-pan’s losses were some 30 planes, five midget submarines, and fewer than 100 men. Fortu-nately for the United States, all three Pacific fleet carriers were out at sea on training ma-

neuvers. These giant aircraft carriers would have their revenge against Japan six months later at the Battle of Midway, reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japa-nese navy in a spectacular victory.

The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and declared, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

After a brief and forceful speech, he asked Congress to approve a resolution rec-ognizing the state of war between the United States and Japan. The Senate voted for war against Japan by 82 to 0, and the House of Representatives approved the resolution by a vote of 388 to 1. The sole dissenter was Rep-resentative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a devout pacifist who had also cast a dissent-ing vote against the U.S. entrance into World War I. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States, and the U.S. government responded in kind.

The American contribution to the success-ful Allied war effort spanned four long years and cost more than 400,000 American lives.

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The planes of VS-6 from the USS Enterprise, seen below, just two months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; some of these very planes were involved.

Parade Ground, Pearl Harbor Marine Barracks, during Japanese air attack.

Remains of the forward superstructure

of USS Shaw (DD-373), and her midships

area, showing damage caused by the

explosion of her forward magazines

during the Japanese attack.

The forward magazine of USS Shaw explodes during the second Japanese attack wave. Photographed from Ford Island, with a dredging line in the foreground.

Sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor from

the water alongside the sunken USS West Virginia

(BB-48) during or shortly after the Japanese air

raid on Pearl Harbor.

Japanese prepare planes for take off to

attack Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec., 1941.

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The wrecked destroyers USS Downes (DD-375) and USS Cassin (DD-372) in

Drydock One at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, soon after the end of the

Japanese air attack. Cassin has capsized against Downes.

Attempting to save a burning PBY at NAS Kanoehe Bay after Japanese raid.



World events• The war in Europe continues to

escalate with countries joining on one side or the other, and large number of civilian casualties on both sides due to use of bombing.

• Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland on a peace mission and is captured by British forces

• Churchill launches “V for Vic-tory” campaign across Europe

• Enigma code is broken• In the North Atlantic, the German

battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood killing all but three crewman

“Don’t worry about me, Gettys! Don’t worry about me!I’m Charles Foster Kane! I’m no cheap, crooked politician,trying to save himself from the consequences of his crimes!”

• A bill designates the fourth Thurs-day in November as Thanksgiving Day

• Willy’s Jeep introduced for use by the Army

• President Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for his 3rd term

• President Roosevelt signs the GI Bill to provide financial aid to veter-ans returning from WWII

• Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the Congress about war in Europe

• U.S. officially declares war on Japan

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on what was the pride of the Royal Navy. Fairey Swordfish aircraft from the carrier HMS Ark Royal fatally cripple the German battleship Bis-marck in torpedo attack. The attack that follows by Navy warships sinks the Bismarck.

• Germany attacks the Soviet Union and then begins an all-out of-fensive of Moscow

• The HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by a German U-boat

• German aircraft sink a Russian hospital ship killing 7,000

• Germany gets within 50 miles of Kiev in Russia

• Nazis take and occupy Athens, Greece

• Germany invades Yugoslavia• Germany begins the Siege of Len-

ingrad which lasts until 1944

U.S. news• The United Service Organiza-

tion (USO) begins operations pro-viding coffee, donuts and enter-tainment to U.S. military forces

• The Mt. Rushmore sculpture featuring U.S. presidents is com-pleted by Gutzon Borglum

• Hitler and Mussolini an-nounce they are at war with America, which retaliates with its own declaration of war

• Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, thus drawing the U.S. into World War II.

— Charles Foster Kane


Movies• Citizen Kane• Dumbo• The Maltese Falcon• How Green Was My Valley

TV shows• CBS Television Quiz• Men At Work• Thrills and Chills Everywhere

Music• “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” Glenn

Miller• “Daddy,” Sammy Kaye• “Green Eyes” Jimmy Dorsey• “I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom

Time,” Andrews Sisters

Remember when

“If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorablereference to the devil in the House of Commons.”

Born this year• Linda McCartney• Chubby Checker• Paul Simon• Beau Bridges• Mama Cass• Dick Cheney• Neil Diamond• Art Garfunkel• Percy Sledge• Martha Stewart

1941 Chrysler Town & Country

1941 Chevy

1941 General Motors

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— Winston Churchill


The Forces Pin Up

G.I.MORALEBOOSTER

By Carlotte ColvilleAmerica’s entrance into World War II back in 1941

triggered the golden age of pinups, pictures of smiling women in a range of clothing-challenged situations. The racy photos adorned lonely servicemen’s lockers, the walls of barracks, and even the sides of planes. For the first time in its history, the U.S. military unofficially sanctioned this kind of art: pinup pictures, magazines and calendars were shipped and distributed among the troops, often at government expense, in order to ‘raise morale’ and remind the young men what they were fighting for.

The heyday of the pinup was the 1940s and ’50s, but pinup art is still around. To this day, pinup fans emulate the classic style in fashion, merchandise, photography, and even tattoos.

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LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR

READER INPUT

Dear Military Press,My dad was a WWII Pacific Theatre

U.S. Army combat infantryman who deeply respected all those serving in all branches and every MOS, as well as any skin color or race. He taught me that lesson.

For far too long, some vets have got away with verbally abusing fellow vets at locations like VFW halls, American Legion halls and at events like Memo-rial Day, 4th of July and Veterans Day. The abusers try hard to make some vets feel guilty or ashamed, even unworthy, of ever having served.

Some vets abuse others to promote a political advantage of the VFW over the American Legion. Some vets abuse others because they hate other vets who are of a certain skin color or race different than their own. Some vets abuse others to discourage them from seeking VA benefits or as an extension of the political hatred in Washington, D.C.

Every vet has the legal and moral right to wear clothing representative of

Vets abusing vetstheir military service and yet some vets try to put them down for doing so.

I have a legal right to enjoy the American Legion hall but have not set food there since 2012 because of con-frontational bigots. After eight years of volunteering for American Legion Honor Guard Funeral Detail, I with-drew from them in 2009 because of ra-cial intolerance issues.

Any vet who verbally abuses anoth-er vet is a coward. It’s the responsibil-ity of the national commanders of the VFW and American Legion to speak out loud in public to denounce these abusers and take actions to terminate their memberships.

Whenever I complained, it remind-ed me way back when vets first tried to complain about Agent Orange. One of these days, somewhere in America, the one wrong vet is going to get abused and could escalate into bloodshed. Whose fault would that be?

Yours in patriotism,Dennis Martinez

San Diego

JEWELERY

Holiday gifts that can save a military life

TroopsDirect.org, the only organi-zation in the nation that responds to military and medical supply requests that come directly from forward-de-ployed U.S. troops, has announced a unique holiday gift giving program with the very real potential to save the life of an American service mem-ber.

From December 1, 2014 through the end of the year, the non-profit TroopsDirect is offering Americans the chance to support the troops dur-ing the holidays in a way that moves well beyond sending the “comforts of home.”

“Most Americans would be shocked to learn what our soldiers don’t have in order to do their jobs and stay safe,” says Aaron Negher-bon, the founder of the East Bay, CA-headquartered TroopsDirect. “We don’t send candy and books. We re-spond in real time to solider requests and quickly purchase and ship items such as Rifle Slings, Ballistic Eye-wear, Helmets, Stretchers and IED Marking Chalk.”

Since its launch in 2010, Troops-Direct has delivered more than 220 tons of military and medical supplies to forward-deployed soldiers through-

out the world. And they do so with an extraordinary 92 cents on the dollar going directly to purchase and ship-ment.

Each gift will also include a note of thanks from TroopsDirect stating which gift was given, why it’s impor-tant, and the approximate location it was sent. Donations exceeding the $45 level will also include a TroopsDi-rect t-shirt. All gift purchases are tax deductible.

$15 FrogLube: Biodegradable gun lubricant, cleaner and protectant

$25 Mechanix Gloves: Knuckle, finger and palm protection

$35 Condor Single Pt.: Special-ized firearm sling for short-term tac-tical use

$45 X-Go shirt: Cold weather, flame retardant fleece

$50 TacMed tourniquets: High-strength and lightweight

$150 Garmin 401 GPS: Waterproof GPS receiver, compass and altimeter

$175 Recon sleeping bag: 23 de-gree bag with military compression features

To learn more about TroopsDirect and their ongoing efforts please visit www.troopsdirect.org.

Operation Troops Aid®

credits Harris Jewelry™ asmainstay supporter

On Veterans Day 2014, Mark Woods, 21-year Navy veteran and founder of Operation Troop Aid® credited Harris Jewelry™ as one of the military charity’s mainstay sup-porters, during a live interview on WSJ Live (Wall Street Journal Live). Harris Jewelry™ has been proud to support OTA’s care package program since 2009.

Harris maintains a long-standing pledge to give back to the military community. They identified OTA as a non-profit organization whose mis-sion and values best matched theirs. It is recognized as a great partner-ship, committed to letting troops know that Americans at home stand with them and appreciate their brav-ery. To date, deployed troops in all branches of service have received care packages valued at over $1 mil-lion from Operation Troop Aid®.

Harris Jewelry™ launched Opera-tion: Teddy Bear® in 2012. Its purpose

— to provide care packages for de-ployed service members through the sale of uniformed teddy bears. This initiative has raised over $275,000 for OTA’s care packages and other military assistance programs. Uni-formed teddy bears, representing all branches of the military, are sold at Harris stores nationwide and online. The profits from every bear sold are donated to OTA.

Operation Troop Aid® is a non-profit whose mission is to provide care packages to U.S. Service Mem-bers. Woods, a 21-year Navy veteran, founded OTA 10 years ago.

Harris Jewelry™ was founded by U.S. Marine and WWII Veteran, Je-rome L. Harris, almost 60 years ago. Harris Jewelry™ provides special financing for Active Duty, Retired Military and Government Employees. Harris Jewelry operates 22 stores na-tionwide.


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SUDOKUThe rules to play Sudoku are quite simple. Fill in the blanks

so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

Just for

LaughsEar accident

A construction worker accidentally cuts off one of his ears with an electric saw.

He calls out to a guy walking on the street below, “Hey, do you see my ear down there?”

The guy on the street picks up an ear and yells back, “Is this it?”

“No,” replies the construction work-er. “Mine had a pencil behind it.”

Kimmel HalloweenDuring his Halloween special, Jim-

my Kimmel was asking the audience questions about ghosts. “Who here has ever sensed the presence of a ghost?” Five people raise their hand. Then he asked, “Who here has ever SEEN a ghost?” Three people raise their hand. Then he asked “Okay, now who here has ever had sex with a ghost?” One person, an old man raises his hand. So

he goes up to this old man and asks, “What was it like?” The old man re-plied, “Oh, it was great! Never had any-thing like it before!” Jimmy replied, “Really? So the ghost was good?” The old man said, “GHOST? I thought you said GOAT!”

The bossOne day a man goes to a pet

shop to buy a parrot. The assis-tant takes the man to the par-rot section and asks the man to choose one. The man asks, ‘’How much is the yellow one?”

The assistant says, ‘’$2000.” The man is shocked and asks the assistant why it’s so ex-

pensive. The assistant explains, ‘’This parrot is a very special one. He knows typewriting and can type really fast.”

‘’What about the green one?” the man asks.

The assistant says, ‘’He costs $5000 because he knows typewriting and can answer incoming telephone calls and takes notes.”

‘’What about the red one?” the man asks.

The assistant says, ‘’That one’s $10,000.”

The man says, ‘’What does HE do?”The assistant says, ‘’I don’t know,

but the other two call him boss.”

Lesson in politicsA son asks his father, “What can you

tell me about politics? I have to learn about it for school tomorrow.”

The father thought some and said, “OK, son, the best way I can describe politics is to use an analogy. Let’s say that I’m a capitalist, because I’m the breadwinner. Your mother will be the government because she controls ev-erything, our maid will be the working class because she works for us, you will be the people because you answer to us, and your baby brother will be the future. Does that help any?”

The little boy said, “Well, Dad, I don’t know, but I’ll think about what you said.”

Later that night, after everyone had gone to bed, the little boy was woken by his baby brother’s crying. Upon fur-ther investigation, he found a dirty diaper. So, he went down the hall to his parent’s bedroom. He found his fa-ther’s side of the bed empty, and his mother wouldn’t wake up. Then, he saw a light on in the guest room down the hall, and when he reached the door, he saw through the crack that his father was in bed with the maid. The son then turned, and went back to bed.

The next morning, he said to his father at the breakfast table, “Dad, I think I understand politics much bet-ter now.”

“Excellent, my boy,” he answered, “What have you learned?”

The little boy thought for a minute, then said, “I learned that capitalism is screwing the working class, govern-ment is sound asleep ignoring the peo-ple, and the future’s full of crap.”

Three Indianhunters

Three Indians decide to go hunting. The first one says he’s going to get a buck. He goes out, and indeed comes back with a buck. The other two Indi-ans ask how he did it. He says, “I see tracks. I follow tracks. I get buck.”

So the second Indian says that he’s going to get a doe. And he does. They ask him how he did it, and he says, “I see tracks. I follow tracks. I get doe.”

So the third Indian says, “I’m just gonna shoot at anything I see.”

So he goes out and comes back half a day later all beaten, bruised, bloody, and totally trashed. The other two In-dians ask him what happened and he says, “I see tracks. I follow tracks. I get hit by train!”


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