Wednesday, December 07, 2011

December 7, 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor, the official start of our active participation in the global production of bodies known as World War II. 2,402 killed and 1,282 wounded. And yeah, if there'd been more worry about outside attack and less about sabotage, well, who knows.

I'm sure there's going to be lessons taught in some schools that it was all our fault, the Japanese shouldn't be blamed, and things like the Rape of Nanking and Unit 731 will either be ignored entirely, or minimized.

We came back. In the Pacific the Doolittle raid, buying time, and then Midway and on till the end.

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