Pearl Harbor

Two days ago was the 74th anniversary of the attack that shocked America into entering World War II. Japan's bombing of the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was a complete surprise to Americans because we were not at war with Japan or its ally, Germany.

Amazingly, an army colonel had predicted 18 years earlier, in 1923, that this very thing would happen some Sunday at 7:30 a.m. It actually did happen on December 7, 1941, on a Sunday morning at 7:55 a.m.

About 2400 people were killed that day at Pearl Harbor, and nearly 1200 were injured. "As of two years ago, 2000 - 2500 Pearl Harbor survivors were believed to be still alive . ."