Pearl Harbor: Day Of Infamy

Victoria B. Roberts

Sunday, December 7, 1941

Was a day like any other

Nothing new under the sun

But the silence was shattered

By the roaring of warplane engines filling the air

We thought they were our own

Until something happened

That told us this just wasn’t so

A rain of bullets fell upon aircraft, ships, and land

Destroying the life we knew

Thundering bombs fell to the harbor

Bursting holes into our ships

That were docked here at Pearl Harbor

The Arizona was hit

Wrenching it upwards then sinking it to the bottom of the harbor

The Oklahoma rolled over on its side

With men trapped in the capsized hull

Complete chaos spread across the land

Fighters manned their battle-stations

As the medical staff worked to patch up the wounded

We saw our friends, our family, our comrades

As they fought and died

Then just as suddenly as it began the attack was over