Pearl Harbor

It's hard to believe that 71 years have passed since the United States entered WWII. But I imagine that for those who lived through the war, the anniversary of Pearl Harbor still holds very fresh — and painful — memories. Whether they lost someone in the attack or later on in WWII, this date marks the day that everything changed.

It's hard to write about Pearl Harbor. I don't feel that I have any words to talk about a day that, honestly, I know nothing about, nor could ever imagine. I simply want to take time to remember everyone who was affected that day, to remember the 2,402 Americans who were killed, and the 1,282 that were wounded.

History - in every century,
records an act that lives forevermore.
We'll recall - as in to line we fall,
the thing that happened on Hawaii's shore.

Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR -
As we go to meet the foe -
Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
As we did the Alamo.

We will always remember -
how they died for liberty,
Let's REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
and go on to victory.

Remembering Pearl Harbor

It's so hard to grasp what happened on December 7th, 1941! As much as I want to write something, I can't. My words just seem so. . . trite. I do thank our soldiers who defended our country. Thank you to everyone on the home front who "made do" and sacrificed. And thank you to all our soldiers who are still defending our country and our freedoms!