Infamy? What Infamy?

"But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us ..."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - December 7th, 1941

That above quote appears in FDR's Pearl Harbor speech. On December 7th, 1941 - following Japan's surprise attack on U.S. Naval Forces stationed in Pearl Harbor - the U.S. launched headlong into World War II. For the next three and a half years, my parents' and grandparents' generations fought, bled and died on the islands of the Pacific. They fought to protect the United States from invasion by the armed forces of Japan. Monday was the 68th anniversary of that world changing event. Although I was not alive when it happened, I've studied the event in some depth; and I am humbled each time I think of the hardships and sacrifices they endured.

It seems few remember anymore. The top story on one news site was "Tiger's wife moves out." Really? On Pearl Harbor Day? On another "One Hit Wonder of the Decade". And on a third "Wintry Weather Wallops United States". Now there's a nice alliteration; but, come on, does that really sound like a day that will live in infamy? Couldn't they at least have titled it "Wintry Weather Wallops United States on Pearl Harbor Day - Just Like the Japanese did 68 Years Ago" - you know, to help us all remember? Does it matter that so many Americans drive Japanese cars while U.S. auto manufacturers and dealers run through bankruptcy. Is that why all of our soldiers and sailors fought ... and died? So we could drive Japanese cars?

Here's a link to

President Roosevelt's Speech

just in case you'd like to read it. And if you read this and are actually old enough to remember that day, I would be honored if you would take the time to leave a comment.