December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor......
A Date Which Will Live In Infamy. A moment of silence for the over 2,402+ men and women of the greatest generation who on that day laid down their lives in the name of liberty. A show of honor, of deep gratitude for all who stood through the battle that day as well as many more battles to come. Without the incredible courage of our parents and grandparents we would not enjoy the liberties we have today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
We are forever in their debt.
December 7th A Day That Will Live in Imfamy....
December 7th, 1941 changed the United States forever, from a nation of pacifist to a nation of warriors! Since December 7th 1941 the USA military has never stood down! Since December 7th 1941 the USA has be the Arsenal of Democracy throughout the world. December 8th 1941 was the last time the United States has ever declared war on another nation (even though we fought in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf and Afghanistan).
Currently our military is over stretched and the Reserve Federal Soldiers and National Guard Soldiers have be called up to multiple tours of duty in Combat Zones. While those at home have gone on with their daily lives...........
Deanna Travis wrote a article in her LadyFisher column, for Memorial Day in 2001, about what it was like in the United States when December 7th happened.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/arti.../ldy052801.php
It was not until May 27th 2001, that the U.S. Government declared that a WWII National Memorial Monument (to be cared for by the U.S. Park Service) would be built on the Capital Mall in Washington D.C. The WWII National Memorial Monument, opened to the public April 27th 2004. 59 years after the end of WWII! My father who served in WWII died in 1996 at the age of 78, and never got to see the WWII National Memorial .
For some of us who have served our country in uniform, and have returned home to civilian life, our military service was to the Constitution, an we came home to a citizenry that scorned us.... or forgotten our service to Our Constitution....
Ask yourselves this question, what if the United States of America and all their allies, had lost WWII, to the Nazi Germans, Italians, and Japanese? Would you be enjoy the freedoms that you really never think about. What if....we had won War II but lost the Cold War to the Soviet Union? Would I even be allowed to blog this message? Those who have worn the uniform, gone in harms way, to return home whole/wounded/permanently crippled; have been forgotten. So too have those in WWII overseas, that are now resting in Military Cemeteries throughout the World, having been forgotten!
I Was, I Am, I Will Always Be A U.S. Soldier! Honoring all those who have served our Nation in times of need.
SFC Steven H. McGarthwaite
Vietnam Veteran
U.S. Army Retired, 1968-1995