Lest We Forget: Pearl Harbor Remembrances

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As fewer and fewer Americans recall the events of 7 December 1941, it is imperative that tomorrow's generation be reminded of the tragic day that forever changed America's destiny

6 DECEMBER 1941 - THE NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR, TERRITORY OF HAWAII

The Pacific Fleet battleships were entering the harbor and had already been assigned to their moorings. A few were within rock throwing distance of Ford Island which was centered in the main harbor, and becoming a major Naval air station. These moorings were just off the west and east banks of Ford Island and embedded in the harbor bottom roughly parallel to the island. The east side had become the home of the battleships and …