Ardmore has a VFW Post, and we also not only have a member of our group who served in WWII, but other local residents as well who served our country during WWII.
We love our vets! Because of that we’d like to take a moment and ask all of you to remember the U.S. soldiers who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor. Today is the 64th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
Amazingly enough, we could not find ONE article in The Philadelphia Inquirer about Pearl Harbor Day, so here is some of the other media commentary we have found today:
From NPR:
Nation
Pearl Harbor Veteran Works to Name the Fallen
by Luke Burbank /Morning Edition, December 7, 2005
“Sixty-four years ago today, just before 8 a.m. local time, Japanese forces attacked the U.S. Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By 9:45 a.m. the battle was over, but for the United States, World War II was just beginning. The attack killed some 2,400 U.S. personnel, sending many of them to a watery grave. Of the bodies that were recovered, 25 percent were never identified. And they might have remained so, if not for the tireless work of 84-year-old retiree Ray Emory.
Nestled in a volcanic crater, overlooking Honolulu, Punchbowl National Cemetery is home to some 600 unidentified Pearl Harbor casualties.
"These guys got killed in battle for their country and they should be so recognized, period," says Emory.”
Link to audio & full text: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041764
From SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD:
“When terrorists struck the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, the immediate and obvious analogy was to Dec. 7, 1941. But while those attacks on American soil were linked in infamy, our responses have diverged dramatically.
On this day 64 years ago, the Empire of Japan hit the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. The response was a decisive, determined and directed one.”
Full text found here: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/251033_pearled.asp
From The Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
Lessons of Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor attack not always the same
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
By Tim Grant, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 64 years ago today was a pivotal event in American history whose significance and lingering effects on both nations can hardly be overstated.
Because the generation of men and women who lived during that turning point in history is dwindling in number, it's up to teachers to make sure students learn about the soldiers and sailors who gave their lives that day.
That can be a challenging task when the classroom has both American and Japanese students.
"It's good they're not judging each other on something their grandparents did years ago, but we do want them to know what happened," said Mary K. O'Donnell, a high school social studies teacher in the Hempfield Area School District. The district has dozens of Japanese students whose parents work at nearby companies, including the Sony Corp. plant.”
Full text found here: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05341/618232.stm
From The Patriot News:
As teens, angry area brothers found ways to fight back INSIDE
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
BY MATT MILLER
Of The Patriot-News
“CARLISLE - William and Seymour Ewing were teenagers when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, plunging America into World War II.
Even so, the identical twins from Carlisle knew immediately that their lives were about to change.
"I was 15 when Pearl Harbor was attacked," Seymour said. "It was a clear Sunday morning when the news came over the radio."
"First of all, we wanted to know, where was Pearl Harbor?" William added.
A generation of Americans quickly learned how the U.S. Pacific Fleet had been decimated during the Japanese air raid on that Hawaiian naval base.
"Remember Pearl Harbor!" became their battle cry. “
Full text found here:
http://www.pennlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1133950894167220.xml?pennnews&coll=1
Check out National Geographic Web site: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
Check out the Navy Historical Center: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm?bcsi_scan_F840A710274448B9=0&bcsi_scan_filename=pearlhbr.htm
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