Day of Infamy
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Day of Infamy
Pearl Harbor, Dec, 7, 1941.....how sad...no one mentioned it today.
Yeah, we talked about it in History class. One of the two P-40 pilots that manged to get off the ground and score 3 kills that day just died on the 6th. Sad how the movie Pearl Harbor had to take their heroic feat and Hollywood it up. (Playing 'chicken' between the hangars with the Zeroes – gag!) The old movie Tora Tora Tora still tells the most accurate account of events.
Another sad part is that the 'Roosevelt knew' conspiracy comment always comes up, and overshadows the dramatic events of that day. Yes, they knew an attack was coming - somewhere, but striking as far East as Hawaii was a total surprise. They were prepared for sabotage, but not an arial strike.
Another sad part is that the 'Roosevelt knew' conspiracy comment always comes up, and overshadows the dramatic events of that day. Yes, they knew an attack was coming - somewhere, but striking as far East as Hawaii was a total surprise. They were prepared for sabotage, but not an arial strike.
"Yesterday Mr. Hall wrote that the printer's proof-reader was improving my punctuation for me, & I telegraphed orders to have him shot without giving him time to pray." -Mark Twain
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Ayn Rand
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"There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist."
Ayn Rand
". . .and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw."