Pearl Harbor and Midway

[SJGUSMC21]

WE all know what today is. I watched Midway on Netflix last night, and I have to say, it was pretty damn good.

I have been to the Arizona Memorial 3 times....something that gets engraved into your head and soul.

God Bless them all and never forget.

 

[mat200]

USS Ward .. first defender of Pearl ..

NOAA dive on historic Japanese mini submarines near Pearl Harbor | Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

On December 7, 75 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the public will have its first-ever opportunity to view a live dive on two Japanese mini submarines, the first of which was sunk by the USS Ward prior to the attack. The expedition is coordinated by maritime archaeologists and scientists...

sanctuaries.noaa.gov

 

[tigerwillow1]

In the Tora Tora Tora movie, which of course is correct because movies are always correct and factual, it showed that a radar station in Hawaii saw the incoming aircraft and the higher-ups didn't take it seriously.