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

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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

ALSO NOTE: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 10:30AM--Join the City of Peekskill and the Captain Oliver C. Chase, Jr. American Legion Post 274 for its National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on Saturday, December 7, 2024, from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm in the Senior Room at the Peekskill Neighborhood Center located at 4 Nelson Avenue. All are welcome to attend as we honor the men and women who perished at Pearl Harbor. For more information, please contact Stephanie Romero at sromero@cityofpeekskillny.gov.

 

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. 

 

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