We're losing those guys quickly now. It's a great tragedy that soon we won't have any first-hand witnesses of the attack. I wonder how the history of the event will change then, without any one to correct the sensational claims of new information that sell the most books? I wonder if our grandchildren will "remember" a much different Pearl Harbor than the one we've been told by the men who fought there.
I sure hope the inevitable revisionists don't totally obscure the lessons we learned at the cost of 2,402 American lives and many more wounded. Perceived weakness WILL be exploited by those who do not hold the same value to human life that we do. Projecting our values on the rest of the world is just plain foolishness and the only prudent course is absolute readiness and strength. Peace is the result of being too strong for an enemy to think he can gain by attacking. Aside from that there is no peace.
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