StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Military officials have identified the remains of a Wisconsin naval officer killed by the Japanese in the Philippines one day after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the Defense Department announced today.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A press conference commemorating Pearl Harbor Day to launch a new interactive online collection of World War II records from the holdings of the National Archives including the first-ever i...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
THE NEXT PEARL HARBOR? Cyber-attack on Defense Department computers raises concerns. You don’t even have to bring the systems down — just render them untrustworthy. This is getting attention, but not nearly enough.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Two individuals associated with Vinson Hall Retirement Community (VHRC), in McLean, VA, who survived the Pearl Harbor attack, will participate in a commemoration of the event Sunday, December 7, 2008 at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. One was a naval officer during the attack, another just a young boy. VHRC is home to many military veterans...
MotherReader (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the great words of Bluto, "Over? Did you say over ? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now." I've come to realize that putting the Comment Challenge Final Check-In right before Thanksgiving may have caused some difficulty. I know this because I created a huge list of bloggers that signed up, and yet it...
San Francisco Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
... on particular stories associated with the Season. With the coming anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, many will learn for the first time of the bombing of Darwin, the northernmost of Australia’s capitol cities, located on the Timor Sea. The attack occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on the 19th of February, 1942 and is referred to as the “Pearl Harbor...
Grasping at Straws (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
November 29th: 1516: France and Switzerland sign a peace treaty, starting 5 centuries of Swiss neutrality 1887: The U.S. takes possession of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 1890: Japan's Diet (Congress) holds it's first session 1944: The first open heart surgery takes place 1947: The UN votes to create Israel 1950: US and UN forces begin full-scale retreat from North Korea after Chinese counter...
Living The Grand Life (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Crocodile Dundee meets Quigley Down Under before headin’ up and roundin’ up the Rawhide on the Chisholm Trail which leads to a dance at the Moulin Rouge before going right back to The Big Valley for a peaceful interval before the trip to Pearl Harbor ’s down under Tora Tora Tora where Father Goose saves the children some help from the Wizard of Oz . The movie has great scenery of Australia....
One Utah (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
We now have President George W. Bush’s self-evaluation on the record. Without a doubt, he is the worst U.S. president in history. On his watch, we experienced: The worst terrorist attack ever on American soil, with a death toll worse than Pearl Harbor in 1941 A failed “war on terror” — after 7 years, al-Qaeda [...]
PoliticalDerby.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
A Different Christmas Poem By Michael Marks A Soldier’s Christmas was the first in a series of patriotic writings, drafted on Pearl Harbor Day 2000 when in the wake of the 2000 Presidential Election our nation saw the right of US Armed Forces personnel openly questioned and debated. I felt it unconscionable that at the onset [...]
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Valour-IT: It Isn’t Over From Laughing Wolf at Blackfive comes this: In the immortal words of our founder: What? Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Er, sorry, wrong founder. The fact is, the fundraiser is now over. Well, [...]
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
In the immortal words of our founder: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Er, sorry, wrong founder. The fact is, the...
Wake Up America (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
From Laughing Wolf at Blackfive comes this: In the immortal words of our founder: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Er, sorry, wrong founder. The fact is, the fundraiser is now over. Well, no, only a part of it is. The friendly competition between the services is indeed over, with more than...
Lake Minnetonka Liberty (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
1775 - Congress adopts first rules for regulation of the "Navy of the United Colonies." 1941 - USS Enterprise (CV 6) sails from Pearl Harbor for Wake Island to ferry Marine aircraft to island. 1942 - Ensigns George W. Carlson and Mac A. Cason organize rescue parties to help rescue people from the fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Mass. They are credited, "the cause of saving...
