On this date in 1941, also a Sunday morning in that year, the Japanese Empire attacked the United States, precipitating it's entry into WWII. Europe had already been at war for more than 2 years by this time.
Above: Photo of the attack in progress (The Arizona explodes), Wikipedia Commons, click to enlarge.
Below: Photo of the memorial to the U.S. battleship Arizona, ©Tom Osburn, click to enlarge.
Happy birthday to my cousin Pearl Harbor McDonald. (Not born that year.) :) :)
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