2021 - EVERYTHING CROTON REMEMBERS PEARL HARBOR DAY

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EVERYTHING CROTON REMEMBERS THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7TH, 1941 

 

This day in 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack, consisting of 353 aircraft, against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day. https://twitter.com/WWIIpix/status/1468122508851302402/photo/1

 

You may have a special interest in the postings below.  Click on the photos and links:

 

--COURTESY OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, A 2001 ARTICLE ON PEARL HARBOR FEATURING LOCAL VETERANS, VINCENT MATERO ETAL; click on the photos.

--PHOTOS FROM THE 2012 CEREMONY HELD IN CROTON http://bit.ly/1rXPScx

--THE MIGHTY MOTHBALL FLEET, HUDSON RIVER PHOTOS, http://bit.ly/1vZk7PV

 
 -- JAPANESE SURRENDER EPHEMERA, AMAZING PHOTOS FROM YOUR EDITOR'S PERSONAL COLLECTION http://bit.ly/1FW73fo

 

--1944 HELPFUL HINTS TO THE NAVY RECRUIT http://bit.ly/2grPSx4

--A LOOK AT THE PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION pearlharborsurvivorsonline.org/

 

--YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY A LOOK AT 'FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; CLICK HERE. 

 

--AND FROM THE CROTON FD FB PAGE; MORE HERE

 

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