Happy Pearl Harbor Day everyone!
Seems strange to celebrate such an occasion, so perhaps instead of celebrating, we should just observe this one.
68 years ago, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor(US Navel base in Hawaii).
It was a devastating attack. There was very little warning. Over 2200 american soldiers were killed. Almost half of them (1177) died aboard the USS Arizona (which is pictured).
Before this attack, America was on the sidelines of WWII. But that all ended on Dec 7,1941. The very next day, President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war.
The rest, as they say, is history.
But as you fans of history know, that just means that we can learn valuable lessons from what happened. Here is an article that focuses on three lingering mysteries of Pearl Harbor.
And thanks to the National Parks Service, people can visit the USS Arizona Memorial. There they can paying tribute to the fallen and add some history to their vacation all at the same time.
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