Pearl Harbor
Early in the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, the people of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii were getting ready for Christmas, for Church, or just enjoying a relaxing and restful day. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, planes appeared overhead. Many thought they were from the mainland to augment the troops stationed here, but they weren’t. The peaceful morning was swiftly interrupted when bombs began to explode all around. The place was in utter chaos as people ran screaming for safety or, in the case of those in the military and medical professions, running to work. While those in the military rushed to defend the land, the medical personnel rushed to tend the wounded.
It was sixty-seven years ago on this day, that Japanese forces attacked and bombed Pearl Harbor leading us to join the fight of World War II. To all those who served at Pearl Harbor, THANK YOU!! I will never forget.