Last Survivor Of The USS Arizona That Was Sunk At Pearl Harbor Is Laid To Rest With His Crew-Mates

The USS Arizona Memorial is shown during a ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Saturday

Daily Mail: Last survivor of the USS Arizona that was sunk at Pearl Harbor is laid to rest with his crew-mates as divers take his ashes down to the ship and veterans gather on the anniversary of tragedy

  * Lauren Bruner, who died in September at the age of 98, was one of the last few survivors of the Japanese attack on the USS Arizona in 1941
  * A few years before his death, he made arrangements with the US Navy and the National Park Service to have his remains interred in the ship's hull
  * He was the second-to-last sailor to escape the burning ship during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago
  * Bruner will be the last sailor to be interred inside the USS Arizona, joining the remains of 44 shipmates who survived the attack but wished to be laid to rest at the site
  * Divers brought his ashes down to the ship's hull during a solemn ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial on Oahu on Saturday
  * Some 30 World War Two veterans and 2,000 members of the public took part in commemoration ceremonies on the anniversary on Saturday
  * The anniversary ceremony also remembered the victims of Wednesday's attack at the base when a US Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian Department of Defense employees at the shipyard before taking his own life

One of the last American crew members to escape the USS Arizona during Pearl Harbor had his ashes interred inside the ship's wreckage on Saturday.

Divers took an urn containing Lauren Bruner's ashes down to the wreckage on the 78th anniversary of the bombing in Hawaii. Bruner, who died in September aged 98, had asked that an urn with his ashes be placed inside the Arizona's sunken hull upon his death.

He was the second to last person to jump from the burning ship before it exploded and sank. The Arizona now rests at the bottom of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Of the ship's 1,512 crew, 1,177 were killed - more than half of the 2,335 killed in the overall attack on the naval base.

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WNU Editor: RIP.

US Navy Sailor Shoots Dead Two Civilian Workers At Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

Daily Mail: US Navy Sailor shoots dead two civilian workers at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard before turning the gun on himself - sending the home of the Pacific Fleet into lockdown

* The shooter has been identified as a U.S. Sailor, the military said Wednesday
* They did not release a motive or any identifying information about the sailor
* One eyewitness described seeing three people shot and a gunman 'in uniform'
* Emergency crews raced to the scene at around 2:30pm local time on Wednesday
* A third victim is at a hospital and the base has reopened following the lockdown

A US Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian Department of Defense employees at the Pearl Harbor shipyard before taking his own life on Wednesday afternoon.

The military did not release a motive or any identifying information about the sailor who opened fire. A third victim is at a hospital.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam has reopened following the lockdown. The incident is said to have taken place at Drydock 2 at around 2:30 pm local time.

The base tweeted to confirm 'the shooting incident has been secured', adding: 'The shooter has been identified as a U.S. Sailor.'

One eyewitness told Hawaii News Now: 'I was at my desk when I heard loud pops, which I recognized as gunshots.

'I looked out of the window and I saw three people on the ground. The shooter, who I assume was a sailor because he was in uniform, shot himself.'

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More News On Today's Shooting At The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

Sailor fatally shoots 2 civilians at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard before turning gun on himself -- Hawaii News Now
3 dead, including gunman, in shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard -- ABC News
Shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard leaves 2 dead, 1 injured. The shooter is also dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, military official says. -- Business Insider
Three Dead, One Injured After Sailor Opens Fire at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard -- Military.com
Sailor at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard kills 2 civilians before turning gun on himself, report says -- FOX News
US sailor kills two employees on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam before fatally shooting self -- CNN

The Telegram That Announced To The World The December 7, 1941 Attack On Pearl Harbor

Warzone/The Drive: Arguably The Most Earth-Shattering Text Message Of All Time Was Sent 77 Years Ago Today

The first message alerting others of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was short and devastatingly clear.

The message above was sent by the office of the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet just minutes after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began. It went out to ships and naval stations throughout the Pacific region and word of it quickly spread beyond. It was the first official correspondence acknowledging an event that would change the course of history in so many ways—one that still hangs over strategic decision making and national security policy to this very day.

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WNU Editor: I can only imagine the reaction from those who were the first to read this telegram. On a side note. Here are two interesting posts on the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

After 77 Years, We're Still Identifying Men Who Died at Pearl Harbor (Popular Mechanics)

Pearl Harbor Still Holds a Few Mysteries (Popular Mechanics)

‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ At The White House

Task & Purpose: Watch A World War II Vet Serenade Trump With ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ At The White House

To commemorate the 76th anniversary of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were joined by a group of World War II veterans to sign a presidential proclamation declaring Dec. 7 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, commemorating the 2,300 service members who lost their lives during the Japanese surprise attack on the Hawaii naval station in 1941. And while Trump has occasionally put his foot in his mouth during military-related ceremonies — I wouldn’t necessarily call a surprise bombardment “a pretty wild scene” — nobody was paying attention to the commander-in-chief.

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WNU Editor: Truly America's greatest generation.

Today Marks The 76th Anniversary Of The Attack On Pearl Harbor

Fortune: Photos: What You Should Know About the Pearl Harbor Attack on Its 76th Anniversary

This Thursday marks the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which led the United States to enter the Second World War. A series of invasions by the Japanese into China and rising tension with the U.S. made conflict between the two countries “inevitable” but American military forces did not expect that Pearl Harbor, 4,000 miles from Japan and 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland, would be targeted.

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WNU Editor: The world has certainly changed a lot since then. 

President Trump Visits Pearl Harbor

FOX News: Trump visits Pearl Harbor ahead of first official tour of Asia

Before embarking on his first official visit to Asia, President Donald Trump flew to Hawaii on Friday, where he and first lady Melania Trump visited Pearl Harbor, the site where U.S. forces came under surprise attack from the Japanese in 1941.

The president and first lady also made a solemn visit to the USS Arizona Memorial, where they tossed flower petals into the water above the battleship’s sunken hull.

The memorial, which is accessible only by boat, straddles the wreckage of the battleship on which more than 1,000 Navy personnel lost their lives during the attack that drew the U.S. into World War II.

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WNU Editor:  A picture of what the USS Arizona Memorial looks like from above.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Visits Pearl Harbor With President Barack Obama

Daily Mail: 'We must resist the urge to turn inward. We must resist the urge to demonize those who are different,' Obama says during historic visit to Pearl Harbor with Japan's Abe 75 years after sneak attack on US base

* Abe is paying his respects to the soldiers who died in his country's unexpected attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base 75 years ago
* The Japanese leader did not say he was sorry for the military action
* Mirrors a visit Obama made to Hiroshima, the Japanese city the U.S. obliterated at the end of the fight, in May; he didn't apologize either
* Closes the loop on Obama's pursuit of nuclear non-proliferation as president and his Asia rebalance that included a trade agreement Donald Trump wants to scrap
* Obama is vacationing in Hawaii with his family and visited the USS Arizona Memorial with Abe this afternoon
* They met earlier today in private before a wreath laying ceremony and their remarks

President Barack Obama asked Americans once more to reject the politics of division, taking a subtle jab at his successor, Republican Donald Trump, as he stood aboard a memorial commemorating the men and women who died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Accompanied by Japan's Shinzo Abe, Obama said the United States' alliance with its wartime foe is a reminder 'the most bitter of adversaries can become the strongest allies' and 'the fruits of peace always outweigh the plunder of war.'

'It is here that we remember that even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of tribalism is at its most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward,' the two-term president, who leaves office in less than month, said Tuesday. 'We must resist the urge to demonize those who are different.'

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More News On Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Visiting Pearl Harbor With President Barack Obama

Japan's Abe offers 'everlasting condolences' at Pearl Harbor -- AP
Obama, Japan’s PM pay homage to Pearl Harbor victims -- France 24
Japan PM Shinzo Abe makes landmark visit to Pearl Harbor -- BBC
Obama, Japan’s Abe make somber visit to Pearl Harbor 75 years after surprise attack -- Washington Post
Japan’s Prime Minister Visits Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama -- WSJ
Japan's Abe offers 'everlasting condolences' at Pearl Harbor -- US News and World Report
Japanese PM in historic visit to Pearl Harbour with Barack Obama -- Press Association
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and President Obama Reaffirm Ties at Pearl Harbor -- NBC
Obama at Pearl Harbor: Our alliance with Japan 'has never been stronger' -- CNN
Obama, Japan's Abe show solidarity in Pearl Harbor visit -- Reuters

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe To Be At Pearl Harbor Next Week (Update)

VOA: Japanese PM to Take Non-apology Tour to Pearl Harbor

SEOUL — Next week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to engage in a now familiar diplomatic offensive to reconcile lingering resentment over his country’s wartime past when he visits the Pearl Harbor memorial in Hawaii. Japan’s surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in 1941 killed over 2,000 Americans and drew the United States into World War II.

After alienating regional neighbors in 2013 by visiting the Yasukuni war shrine that honors millions of war dead, but also includes the names of over a thousand convicted war criminals, the conservative Japanese leader has taken a very proactive role to address concerns over his efforts to recast wartime history with a less apologetic tone, and to ease the limits of Japan's pacifist constitution.

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WNU Editor: Not everyone is happy with this visit .... North Korea denounces Japan's Shinzo Abe for Pearl Harbor visit (UPI).

More News On Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Visit To Pearl Harbor Next Week

Survivors to join Pearl Harbor ceremony -- Japan News/Jiji Press
Obama, Abe to stress "power of reconciliation" in Pearl Harbor remarks -- Nikkei Asian Review
Japan's Abe aims to send message of U.S. alliance strength at Pearl Harbor -- Reuters

Many Japanese Leaders Are Worried That Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Will Apologise At Pearl Harbor When He Visits Later This Month

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk in front of a cenotaph after they laid wreaths at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Business Insider/South China Morning Post: Japanese leaders are pressuring Shinzo Abe not to apologize for Pearl Harbor

Conservatives in Japan have reacted angrily to suggestions Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should use his visit to Pearl Harbour in late December to apologise for the attack that brought the US into the second world war.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday that Abe’s two-day visit to Hawaii from December 26 would be for “consoling the souls of the war dead, not for an apology,” but an editorial in the Asahi newspaper said the Japanese leader should use the occasion to “vow never to resort to the use of arms based on genuine remorse for rushing into a reckless war”.

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WNU Editor: The group that is pressuring Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to not apologize at Pearl Harbor also believe in this ....

.... the society has determined that China triggered the Sino-Japanese war in August 1937, there was no massacre of civilians in Nanking four months later and “comfort women” were willing and well-paid professional prostitutes. Equally, annexation of the Korean Peninsula was “inevitable” because the kingdom was unable to maintain its independence, while the Korean people flourished under benevolent Japanese rule.

When I lived and worked in Asia this Japanese position of denial on what they did (or did not do) during the Second World War just drove everyone else throughout the continent completely nuts (especially those in China, Korea, and the Philippines). This absurd position that many Japanese (even to this day) continue to hold onto has caused incredible damage to Japanese relations with everyone else in Asia. And even though the war ended 75 years ago .... the scars and bitterness do not only still remain .... but I predict will only intensify with time.

Remembering December 7, 1941

An aerial view of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument reveals an outline of the sunken U.S.S. Arizona. The surprise attack on December 7, 1941, killed 1,177 of the ship's officers and men. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Jeremy Berlin, National Geographic: 75 Years On, Pearl Harbor Survivors Forgive—But Can't Forget

On December 7, 1941, Japan’s deadly attack catalyzed a nation, shattering America’s sense of invincibility and pulling the country into war. Today the site is a symbol of service, science, and healing.

It’s still there. Seventy-five years later, the U.S.S. Arizona is still resting on the seafloor in Pearl Harbor, asleep in 40 feet of gray, silty water.

It’s been there since the morning of December 7, 1941, when 353 Japanese planes mounted a surprise assault on American naval forces stationed in Hawaii. The attack killed 2,403 United States personnel, injured 1,178, drew the United States into World War II, and altered the course of history forever.

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WNU Editor: When it comes to stories like this one .... the National  Geographic never disappoints.

USS John C. Stennis Arrives in Hawaii for 75th Anniversary of Attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu (Video)

WNU Editor: I never knew .... How Elvis Helped Save the USS Arizona Memorial (USNI News).

Only 200 Survivors Left From The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor

Reuters: On 75th anniversary, U.S. veterans recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

LOS ANGELES/HONOLULU (Reuters) - It has been 75 years, but U.S. Navy veteran James Leavelle can still recall watching with horror as Japanese warplanes rained bombs down on his fellow sailors in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War Two.

Bullets bounced off the steel deck of his own ship, the USS Whitney, anchored just outside Honolulu harbor, but a worse fate befell those aboard the USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS Utah and others that capsized in an attack that killed 2,400 people.

"The way the Japanese planes were coming in, when they dropped bombs, they'd drop them and then circle back," said Leavelle, a 21-year-old Navy Storekeeper Second Class at the time of the attack.

Leavelle, now 96, was among 30 Pearl Harbor survivors honored at a reception in Los Angeles before heading to Honolulu to mark Wednesday's 75th anniversary of the attack.

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Japan's Prime Minister Will Not Issue An Apology At Pearl Harbor

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) carries a wreath as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on, in front of a cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo

Voice Of America: Japan: Abe Will Not Apologize at Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not apologize for his country's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor when he visits the site on the U.S. island of Hawaii later this month, a representative said.

"The prime minister's visit is to show his commitment toward the future and to never repeat the tragedy of the world war, as well as to send a message of reconciliation between the U.S. and Japan," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the attack that precipitated the American entry into World War II. Six months ago, U.S. President Barack Obama became the country's first sitting leader to visit a memorial in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, where in 1945 the United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb intending to end the war.

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WNU Editor: Cannot say that I am surprised .... and until Japan officially and publicly recognizes and atones for what it did during the Second World War .... this will always be a scar that will not heal .... even if the Japanese like to proclaim that they want to look at the future .... not the past.

More News On Japan's Prime Minister Decision To Not Issue An Apology On His Visit To Pearl Harbor

Japan PM's Pearl Harbor visit won't be for apology: spokesman -- Reuters
Japan PM Abe won't apologise at Pearl Harbor: government -- AFP
Japanese PM will visit Pearl Harbor to pay respects, not to apologize -- CBC/AP
No apologies: Abe visits Pearl Harbor to show strength of U.S.-Japan ties, not regret -- Globe and Mail
Suga: Abe’s Pearl Harbor visit not for apology -- Japan News/JiJi Press
Abe’s Pearl Harbor visit for remembrance, not apology: Suga -- Japan News/Kyodo
Pearl Harbor commemoration won't include apology from Japan -- DW

Japan PM To Make Historic Visit To Pearl Harbor With President Obama

Shinzo Abe, left, will become the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit Pearl Harbor when he travels to Hawaii for a final summit with outgoing US president Barack Obama, right

Wall Street Journal: Shinzo Abe to Become First Japanese Leader to Visit Pearl Harbor

Leader will pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack on Hawaii in December 1941

TOKYO—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would visit Pearl Harbor in late December to pay tribute to the victims of the Japanese attack there 75 years ago, becoming the first Japanese leader to do so.

The visit is in some ways a mirror image of one by U.S. President Barack Obama in May to Hiroshima, which was the first by a U.S. president to the site of the atomic bombing nine days before the end of World War II.

Mr. Abe will visit the place where the war between the U.S. and Japan began. On Dec. 7, 1941, local time—a “a date which will live in infamy,” in the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt—a Japanese strike force staged a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base in what was then the U.S. territory of Hawaii, sinking the USS Arizona and costing 2,403 American lives.

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WNU Editor: This visit is long overdue by a Japanese leader .... way long overdue.

More News On Japan's Prime Minister Making A Historic Visit To Pearl Harbor With President Obama

Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor with Obama, to 'console souls' of victims -- Reuters
Japanese Leader Abe to Visit Pearl Harbor With Obama -- AP
Abe to make first Pearl Harbor visit by Japan leader -- AFP
Japanese Prime Minister to Make Historic First Visit Pearl Harbor -- ABC news
Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor -- The Hill
Japanese prime minister plans landmark visit to Pearl Harbor -- Washington Post
Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor with Barack Obama -- The Guardian
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Will Become First Japanese Leader To Visit Pearl Harbor -- NPR
Abe to become first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor -- DW

Remembering Pearl Harbor

USS Arizona

Unforgettable Photos From The Attack On Pearl Harbor, 73 Years Ago Today -- Business Insider

December 7, 1941 began as a perfect Sunday morning for the troops serving the US fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Under a early morning South Pacific sun, softball teams were lining up on the beach. Pitchers warmed up their arms, while batting rosters were finalized and the wives and kids came over from seaside church services.

They did not know that for hours the Japanese naval fleet and air forces had been speeding across the ocean toward America's Pacific base. There, like a string of pearls draped across the docks and waterfront, was the majority of America's naval might.

The devastating Japanese onslaught began at 7:48 a.m., eventually killing 2,402 Americans and wounding many others, sinking four battleships and damaging many more.

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Update #1: With their numbers shrinking, Pearl Harbor survivors make final pilgrimages to Hawaii -- Washington Post
Update #2: Survivors commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack -- Reuters

My Comment: There are only nine remaining USS Arizona survivors.

Hawaii’s F-22 Raptors Request To Perform Their Traditional Pearl Harbor Flyover On December 7 Was Denied

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

Hawaii’s F-22 Raptors Denied Request To Perform Traditional Pearl Harbor Flyover -- The Aviationist

Even though they have been part of the Pearl Harbor ceremonies since decades, this year’s traditional flyover was not performed because of the restrictions “on all kinds of flyovers across the country”, imposed by the budget cuts.

After sequestration earlier this year grounded 17 active units, including the Air Force Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels, Pentagon decided towards the end of October that both demo team would resume their full 34 – 36 seasonal schedule in FY 2014.

However, public appearances will not include flyovers. The U.S. Air Force performed 1,000 flyovers each year but, following the spending review which cut some upgrade programs as well, it will not fly any flyover next year but some high-visibility ones by the Thunderbirds.

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My Comment: A sign of the times .... expect more military traditions to go on the wayside as more cuts take hold.

Remebering Pearl Harbor

The U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard performs a rifle salute at the Arizona Memorial during the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the WW II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 7,2013. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry

Elderly Survivors Commemorate Pearl Harbor Attack -- Reuters

(Reuters) - American survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many in their 90s, gathered on Saturday for the 72nd anniversary of the attack that took the lives of more than 2,000 of their peers and thrust the United States into World War Two.

Many used wheelchairs, while others leaned on canes or relied on the help of family members as they commemorated the attack of December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin Roosevelt said "will live in infamy."

"We're getting to be fewer and fewer every time," said Robert Irwin, an 89-year-old retired lieutenant with the San Francisco Fire Department.

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More News On Remembering Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor survivor recounts 'Day of Infamy' -- Christian Science Monitor
Pearl Harbor ceremony marks 72nd anniversary of bombing -- FOX News
Pearl Harbor memories fading with time -- USA Today
Survivors Recall Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor -- ABC News/AP
Attack on Pearl Harbor was the first but not the only surprise assault that day -- Star Telegram

Did A Soviet Spy Help Provoke Pearl Harbor?

Pearl Harbor 2.0 -- John Koster, Time

The “infamy” of December 7, 1941, is deeper than most Americans have ever imagined. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was almost certainly the result of a Soviet plot—“Operation Snow”—carried out by Harry Dexter White, a figure of enormous influence in the Roosevelt administration and a known Soviet spy.

Americans remember Pearl Harbor as the work of a Japanese military machine hell-bent on a war of conquest. The truth is more complicated.

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My Comment: The US embargo certainly did not earn any friends in Japan .... but was such a policy the main reason why Japan decided to go to war against the U.S. .... I have my doubts. From my understanding there were numerous reasons on why Japan wanted to go to war, with the embargo and calls for Japanese withdrawal being one of many.

The Secret Japanese Weapons That Were Used On Pearl Harbor

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The Secret Weapons Behind The Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor -- Popular Science

Today is the anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. To mark the occasion in 1966, Popular Science published a feature on how the Japanese designed such a successful assault--and how they paid for it later.

Today marks 71 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the United States into World War II. The attack was devastating. More than 2,400 people died and more than 1,000 were wounded. It was also, in the cold language of military science, wildly successful.

At least it was at first. The December 1966 Popular Science feature, "The Secret Weapons That Hit Pearl Harbor," cites two main factors (among other factors) for Japan's success: its shallow-water aerial torpedoes and the fleet's ability to escape detection.

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WNU Editor: The Popular Science December 1966 issue, "The Secret Weapons That Hit Pearl Harbor." can be read here.

Remembering Pearl Harbor

AP Photo

Presidential Proclamation -- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2012

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

On December 7, 1941, our Nation suffered one of the most devastating attacks ever to befall the American people. In less than 2 hours, the bombs that rained on Pearl Harbor robbed thousands of men, women, and children of their lives; in little more than a day, our country was thrust into the greatest conflict the world had ever known. We mark this anniversary by honoring the patriots who perished more than seven decades ago, extending our thoughts and prayers to the loved ones they left behind, and showing our gratitude to a generation of service members who carried our Nation through some of the 20th century's darkest moments.

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More News On Remembering The 71rst Anniversary Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

US Commemorates Pearl Harbor Anniversary -- Voice of America
71st anniversary of Pearl Harbor: Nation pauses to remember -- L.A. Times
Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary -- CBS/AP
Today in Military History: Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack Pearl Harbor -- Defense News
'A Date Which Will Live in Infamy:' Americans mark 71st anniversary of Pearl Harbor attacks -- Daily Mail
Pearl Harbor: U.S. remembers a 'date which will live in infamy' -- L.A. Times
Pearl Harbor Vet Tells Us How He Survived One Of The Worst Attacks In US History -- Business Insider
Pearl Harbor resurrection: the warships that rose to fight again -- Christian Science Monitor
Pearl Harbor -- What a Difference That Day Of Infamy Made -- William Laney, Huffington Post

Pearl Harbor: The survivors grow few, the lessons live on -- Joel Connelly, SeattlePI
Pearl Harbor's greatest lesson -- Walter R. Borneman, FOX News
Torpedoing Pearl Harbor Day -- The Hill
Remembering Pearl Harbor -- Jonathan Pitts, The Baltimore Sun
Pearl Harbor Day and what it means -- Edward Lane, Examiner
Pearl Harbor Attack 71 Years Ago (PHOTOS) -- Huffington Post