Comments for 0755AM, December 7, 1941

0755AM, December 7, 1941

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:55:49 -0600

Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill. Stark words clattering from the teletype machine.It was a bad day, 68 years ago, throughout a large swath of the Pacific Ocean, as the Japanese moved to secure their "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere."And kicked a giant in the nuts. Casualties USA : 218 KIA, 364 WIA. USN: 2,008 KIA, 710 WIA. USMC: 109 KIA, 69 WIA. Civilians: 68 KIA, 35 WIA. TOTAL: 2,403 KIA, 1,178 WIA. ------------------------------------------------- Battleships USS Arizona (BB-39) - total loss when a bomb hit her magazine. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) - Total loss when she capsized and sunk in the...

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:06:20 -0600

Bloodspite - yes, Cassin's machinery and armament were placed on a new hull which was given her hull number and name.

Works as destroyed for me. She re-entered the Navy List in 1944.

Comment from Barb on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:43:59 -0600

I had the pleasure of visiting the Missouri while she sat at the Naval base in Bremerton, back in the 90's, I guess. The ship was so silent, it was hard to imagine those big guns firing.

Comment from Bloodspite on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:22:51 -0600

I thought the Cassin basically had her hull replaced, was refitted and kept her name? Either way, I too want to go to th Arizona, and of course the Missouri.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:45:06 -0600

Oh, and don't forget those poor guys trapped in that compartment in West Virginia, who marked a calendar until December 20-something. I recall reading what someone wrote about the feelings of a guy who had to stand sentry near there, hearing the feeble bangings on the bulkheads, and knowing there was absolutely nothing that he or anyone else could do about it. Yikes! May God rest their souls.

Comment from AFSister on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:18 -0600

One of my tasks to accomplish in life is to make it to the USS Arizona memorial.
Me too, Barb. Me too.

May they rest in peace.

I wonder, btw, how long the Arizona will leak oil and air. It'll be weird when that stops, like it's really and truly finally come to an end.

Comment from Barb on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:45:22 -0600

Thanks for the note about Bing versus Google. For Bing, you can also see the last 8 previous day's images, using the arrow button at the lower right of the image. The links for those days are present as well, so if you had wanted to explore them, and didn't, you can go back.

A day to live in infamy, indeed. One of my tasks to accomplish in life is to make it to the USS Arizona memorial.

Comment from John (not the Armorer) on 2009-12-07

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:19:51 -0600

May we have the resolve and commitment to achieve a similar decisive victory over those who attacked us on September 11, 2001.

It can be done. It will take longer. It will take a new Commander in Chief. It will need recognition that political correctness is a tool aiding the enemy, not our country, and that we must declare evil to be evil, not "diversity" to be ignored or admired.

Freedom is not free, but it is worth fighting for.