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As most of my past students know I am retired Navy.  I was stationed at Pearl Harbor Naval Station for 7 years during my carreer.  I have visited the Arizona Memorial on numerous occations, while stationed there and over the last few years I have visited Hawaii 6 times I made it a point to visit the Memorial.  Each and every time it makes me very emotional.  This morning I will be taking a few moments to reflect on this date in history.

Shortly before 11:00 a.m. this morning take a few moments to remember the men and women who lost their lives on this day in history.

Japanese aircrews achieved complete surprise when they hit American ships and military installations on Oahu shortly before 8:00 a.m. HST.

At about 8:10 a.m., the USS Arizona (BB-39) was mortally wounded by an armor piercing bomb which ignited the ship's forward ammunition magazine. The resulting explosion and fire killed 1,177 crewmen, the greatest loss of life on any ship that day and about half the total number of Americans killed.

If would like to read more about the attack on Pearl Harbor here is a great web site from the Department of the Navy – Naval Historical Center

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm

As always....  Ride Safe..