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Newt Gingrich Deletes Tweet Touting His Pearl Harbor Books
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyNewt Gingrich has apparently thought better of using this Pearl Harbor Day to sell books. Mediaite reported the former speaker of the House has deleted a tweet that reminded his Twitter followers about the two World War II novels he has co-written: The 69th anniversary of the japanese attack is a good time to remind folks of our novels pearl harbor and days of infamy newt. The tweet disappeared after blogs including Gawker mocked Gingrich for trying to "cash in" on the day of remembrance. ...
USS Arizona Survival Stories on Pearl Harbor Day
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- Of the approximately 2,400 lives lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, nearly half were sailors aboard the USS Arizona. The Navy battleship sank to the bottom of the harbor after being bombarded in the Japanese raid. Approximately 1,177 sailors and Marines went down with the vessel. The ship's destruction marked the single largest loss of life aboard one ship in U.S. naval history. To mark the "date which will live in infamy," Surge Desk has rounded up some excerpts from past and present interviews with those who survived the attack: Louis Conter in an ...
Remembering the Women at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThere were women at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. No one talks about it much because there were so few of them compared to the men. Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, also known as the "date that will live in infamy." The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is a national park. A new $56 million visitor's center is being dedicated this week. The highlight of the four days of events marking the occasion is a ceremony this morning at 7:30 a.m. Honolulu time, exactly 18 minutes before the 1941 attack began. Out of the 1,511 men on board the USS Arizona, 334 ...
Pearl Harbor Day: A Date That Will Live On in Cinema
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 7) -- Today, Americans remember the attack on Pearl Harbor. Considered a major turning point in World War II, the Japanese ambush on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii killed or wounded over 3,000 American military personnel. In a speech to a joint session of Congress the following day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it "a date which will live in infamy." Since the tragic attack occurred, the events of Dec. 7, 1941, have become a recurring focus in American cinema. Pearl Harbor films not only captivate audiences with tales of war, perseverance and hardship, but they also ...
Pearl Harbor Day: Key Facts About the Attack on December 7, 1941
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(Dec. 7) -- It lives on in infamy. On Dec. 7 each year, Americans commemorate Pearl Harbor Day in memory of the thousands who were killed or injured when the Japanese attacked an American naval base in Hawaii that day in 1941. The attack is frequently cited as a major turning point in World War II. In his book "Smart Power," foreign policy expert Ted Galen Carpenter gives his take on the significance of the event. Carpenter writes: Pearl Harbor plunged America into the maelstrom of World War II, a struggle that involved the core security interests of the republic and symbolized rival ...
69 Years Later, Sailor Recounts Pearl Harbor Attack
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Dec. 6) -- The morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Yeoman 2nd Class Durrell Conner was wrapping Christmas presents aboard the USS California when he heard a commotion. Peering through a porthole of the battleship, the 23-year-old saw an airplane approaching low. "He dropped something, and as he banked away I saw the red emblem of the Japanese on his wings so I knew we were under attack," Conner said. "He dropped the torpedo that struck the ship right below where I was standing." The battleship shook like an earthquake, and the cryptographer rushed to his battle station where he ...
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