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Pearl Harbor Day
Hats off, salute!
Never forget.
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I'm currently reading Jeff Shaara's To Wake the Giant, about the year preceding the attack. It ends on the day of the attack, and I just got to that part today. Shaara's novels are always quite close to the actual history. If that holds true for this book, then there were some serious errors in judgment by many of those in charge. A lot of that had to do with the belief that the Japanese would never attack a stronghold like Pearl Harbor. And of course, it's easier to look back and connect the dots now than it was to see them back in that time.
https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Giant-No...dp/0593129644/
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We now live again in perilous times with an unthinkable Pacific war a distinct possibility. Where are the far-sighted statesmen to get us ready?
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A friend of mine just passed he was 101.5 and was a B17 pilot. If you have a chance to meet or talk with a WW2 Vet chat them up. They went through some crazy ordeals.
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bad decisions, mistakes and deceit, good leaders, bad leaders. I’m currently, I’m reading Dereliction of Duty. Since I was dragged into that war, it makes my blood boil. I can only read a few pages at a time, then have to put the book down for a while.
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