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“AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NOT A DRILL” Seventy years ago those words ushered in a period of unbelievable agony, trial, effort and sacrifice. What was once before was forever changed afterward. Jack-booted thugs bent on their “Final Solution” strode cobblestone streets of the land distantly remembered as the forebear of a new nation, [...] [...] (*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor) On this, the eve of the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor… Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: <– Listen to the speech Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date [...] [...] Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo. [...] I remember, a sky so blue it burned your eyes to look up . . .and smoke that scarred your lungs; I remember shipmates . . . and a piece of notebook paper listing for whom the bell had tolled; We remember that for one brief moment it wasn’t New Yorkers, or Washingtonians, or businessmen [...] [...] Ten years ago, a couple of weeks from now, I emerged from a burning, shattered Pentagon to a scene of utter chaos in South Parking, jammed cell lines and what soon became a traffic jam bordering on the Apocalyptic. Today, while much further to the south of DC, but actually closer to the quake’s epicenter, [...] [...] Much has been going within and outside the household these past several weeks – and that explains a lot of the paucity of posts of late. Foremost amongst these was the passing of my wife’s father, a Korean War vet, railroad worker and longtime sufferer of Alzheimer’s. Word to the wise — if you haven’t [...] [...] |
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