Pearl Harbor Anniversary

For John, BLUF:  It isn't like we hadn't imposed sanctions on Japan earlier in that year.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Pearl Harbor, back in 1941, when the we were pulled into the world in a forceful way.

Our losses on the Island of Oahu:

• 2 battleships totally lost
• 2 battleships sunk and recovered
• 3 battleships damaged
• 1 battleship grounded
• 2 other ships sunk
• 3 cruisers damaged
• 3 destroyers damaged
• 3 other ships damaged
• 188 aircraft destroyed
• 159[3] aircraft damaged
• 2,403 killed
• 1,178 wounded

As an historic footnote, think about what would have happened if Germany (Nazi Germany, under Adolph Hitler) had not, within a few days, declared war on us.

Regards  —  Cliff