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Internet Resources on the USS Arizona (BB39) and the Pearl Harbor Attack

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“Yesterday, December 7th, a date which will live in infamy…”

With those words, President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened one of the most famous speeches of his administration and one of the most famous presidential speeches ever. The surprise attack on the Naval Station at Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii stands as one of the darkest days in our history. It is fitting that on this, the 59th anniversary of the attack, we spend a few moments remembering it.

When I was thinking of a site to feature today, I remember one from the University of Arizona that is superb in it’s content. It does not have flashy graphics or wild colors. It is strictly a collection of links to other sites that contain a variety of information about the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the battleship USS Arizona. Among the links here are: a site in the National Archives, where one can both view and listen to the President’s speech, a site where a damage report details the structural damage to the Arizona, a site where survivors tell their stories about that day, and information about both the Arizona Memorial, and the existing Pearl Harbor Naval Station (where I spent 2 years of my naval career). The variety of this site is truly amazing, and detailed, which is why I chose it.

The events of this day have been analyzed ad infinitum and will continue to be for the years to come. But nothing will ever change what happened that day, or the events that led up to it. All the world can do is to learn from this event, and not let it happen again. Oh, yes, we should all remember the members of our military that gave their lives on that day, whose names are etched in stone in a cemetery on the island of Oahu. They did their duty, now we have to do ours.

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/USS_Arizona/links1.shtml


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