by Christian Southards | Dec 7, 2022
December 7 marks Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, commemorating the events that forced the United States into World War II. Dec. 7, 1941: The Attack on Pearl Harbor In the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy...
by Christian Southards | Dec 3, 2021
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan conducted a preemptive strike against U.S. naval power in the Pacific in an attempt to prevent the United States from interfering with Japan’s conquest of Southeast Asia. Over 350 Japanese aircraft launched from six...
by Christian Southards | Dec 28, 2020
Ray Chavez, the oldest surviving veteran of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, died in 2018 at the age of 106. Thanks to legislation signed by President Donald Trump on Dec. 21, the U.S. Post Office at 13308 Midland Rd. in San Diego, CA will be adopting Mr. Chavez’s...
by Christian Southards | Dec 7, 2020
It was 79 years ago the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when hundreds of Imperial Japanese fighter planes conducted a surprise attack on the United States’ seat of naval power in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor. Some 2,400 Americans were killed in the attack, along with the...
