78 years ago today, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the nation regarding the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, thus drawing the United States into the second World War. Germany was already engaged in war in Europe, but full scale involvement came after the attacks of December 7th. Anyone who was alive and old enough on that horrible day, likely, remembers it with uncanny detail.Historical events of this magnitude rarely can be fully understood, perhaps for generations; however, the impact may define the future, and this was no exception.
On the morning of December 7th, many lives were lost and millions more fell victim in the years that followed. My father had 2 cousins go down with the ships in Pearl Harbor, so it is with sincere emotion for those who remain known, only through the memory of this day and the stories told, that I reiterate what has been said so many times beforehand, we must never forget.
To all those who perished, may you rest in peace, and to the greatest generation who served, we are forever grateful!
