Reply #58: When was the last time you observed Pearl Harbor Day? [View All]

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I share your urge to puke. The GOP is still trying to capitalize on a national tragedy.

But who remembers Pearl Harbor any more?

For people who were alive at that time, Pearl Harbor was a punch in the stomach. For many people it hurt the rest of their lives.

My dad's brother was an embassy guard in Peking and taken prison by Japanese the day after Pearl Harbor. He remained a POW until 1945. One of my dad's cousins went down on the Arizona. I was born after the war, but the strain that event put my family through was still part of our lives, in subtle ways.

I try to remember December 7, but sometimes I forget. It'll be the same with September 11, eventually. Yet we should try to remember these things.