Remember Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941
by Richardson ~ December 6th, 2007. Filed under: History, Japan, U.S. Military.Read about it at the Naval Historical Center.


Read about it at the Naval Historical Center.

After missile and nuclear tests and uranium enrichment, the U.S. sanctions North Korean firms while Pyongyang reverses, making overtures. It’s not an accident, it’s a pattern of strategic disengagement.
- #Vanity Fair, of all publications, has a lengthy article on North Korea’s counterfeiting operations, including Office 39. Well worth a read. (h/t NE Asia Matters)
- #The Chosun Ilbo has an article about a new book by Chang Jin-song (formerly affiliated with the North Korean Workers' Party) that details Kim Jong-il private life, including the inside scoop on all his lady friends. According to Chang, one unfortunate young lady to get Kim's attention was, "brutally executed after she spurned Kim's persistent advances and fell in love with another man."
- #Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
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December 7th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
The day that FDR declared would live in infamy is fading from our national memory. When I was a kid back in the 70s, I used to watch WWII movies like Tora, Tora, Tora and Midway with my dad. At school and at home, the significance of Pearl Harbor Day was noted every December 7. Nowadays, December 7 is just another day on the calendar.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
A couple of video links to commemorate this historical event:
FDR’s “Day of Infamy” declaration of war speech to a backdrop of photographic images:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alzP0jHk18U
A 1940s newsreel with video footage:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1995186139408331105
December 8th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
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December 10th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Sonagi,
Thanks for the links.
I’ve been to the Arizona Memorial half a dozen times, so I don’t think I can forget the anniversary.
You’re right about the decline in recognizing the significant of 7 December, though I believe it is still mentioned and explained at the Midwestern elementary schools some of my nieces and nephews attend.
But I didn’t see much about it on mainstream news. Disappointing, but not unexpected.