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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

December 7, 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a pre-emptive military strike on the United States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's Imperial Japanese Navy, on the morning of Sunday 7 December, 1941. Two attack waves, totaling 350 aircraft were launched from six IJN aircraft carriers which destroyed two U.S. Navy battleships, one minelayer, two destroyers and 188 aircraft. Personnel losses were 2,333 killed and 1,139 wounded. Damaged warships included three cruisers, a destroyer, and six battleships. Of those six, one was deliberately grounded and was later refloated and repaired. Two sank at their berths but were later repaired and both rejoined the fleet late in the war. Vital fuel storage, shipyards, and submarine facilities were not hit. Japanese losses were minimal at 29 aircraft and five midget submarines, with 65 Japanese servicemen killed or wounded.



For text and audio: FDR Asks for a Declaration of War

Also, Pearl Harbor survivor back for 1st time since war

Pearl Harbor artifact rediscovered 68 years after attack

More information with photos and videos at National Geographic.

A Texas Hero at Pearl Harbor

Texas native Doris Miller shoots back at Japanese attackers

On this day in 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Texas native Doris Miller responded courageously to the assault. He was serving as a mess steward on the USS West Virginia. When the ship was attacked he went on deck and manned an unattended deckgun. It was Miller's first experience firing such a weapon because black sailors serving in the segregated steward's branch of the navy were not given gunnery training.

Although later news stories credited Miller with downing from two to five airplanes, these accounts have never been verified and are almost certainly apocryphal. Miller himself told navy officials he thought he hit one of the planes. The navy awarded him the Navy Cross for bravery in battle.

He died on November 24, 1943, when his ship, the aircraft carrier Liscome Bay,was torpedoed and sunk.

Alliterative Insulter

I've noticed quite a few hits from a Google search for "alliterative insults", leading folks to this post made over a year ago. Looking at the search results led me to this site:

Alliterative Insulter

Every (sic) wanted to throw out an insult, but just didn't have the right words at the right time. Well, here we have insults for all occasions and all alliterative with the name of your choice. Just fill in the name of the person to be insulted and hit the "insult" button:

I decided to input my own name to see what it would come up with:

Mike, thou art a mindless, meandering mumbler!

Wow, the truth really DOES hurt.

You Can Have the Wheelbarrow

You Are the Car

You live your life in top gear. You aren't afraid to go fast, and you actually do best at high speeds. You act on instinct, and you make decisions in a split second. Your first reaction is usually right. You are impulsive and bold. You love to make risky moves, and you never turn down a chance to roll the dice. You get impatient easily, and you're often waiting on those around you. You hate to be slowed down by anyone!

What Monopoly Piece Are You?

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Not sure just how accurate this quiz is regarding my results. I really don't live my life in top gear, but I DO like to go fast, although I don't really drive that way on the highway.   Speeding tickets cost way too much and it's a mathematical fact you really don't gain all that much time by going faster than the speed limit.

I DO act on instinct and if the situation calls for it, I make my decisions very fast.  I've also found that the first reaction IS usually right...but not all the time and sometimes it can be disastrous.

"Impulsive and bold".  Maybe impulsive.

I am impatient, but getting better at it as I get older.  I guess as my own life winds down, so does the clock.  You'd think younger folks would be more patient because they normally have more time on this Earth to accomplish something, but it's the other way around, at least with me.  I really don't like waiting on anyone and definitely don't like being slowed down by them, although I don't have much problems with that last part these days.  I almost always arrive somewhere extra-early because while I do not like to wait on anyone, I am ashamed if someone else has to wait on me.

All that said, I haven't played Monopoly in a long time.  I used to have a Monopoly game for the PC, but it was even more boring than the actual board game.